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Title: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 01, 2018, 03:23:05 am
Can you guys please fix this, some fonts do not work anymore and instead default to font face, it is pretty upsetting and I enjoy to type in different fonts and find it fun. What happened? Is this a bug and if so can you guys please work on fixing it?
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Jango_Fett on March 01, 2018, 03:24:27 am
Can you list which ones, and are you sure you're typing in the code right?
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 01, 2018, 03:57:48 am
I am sure I am typing the code right and if you look at this post I made a while back, you will see which are not working provided the issue is not only specific to me.

https://feral-heart.com/smf/index.php?topic=62434.msg862572#msg862572
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Wyldercat on March 01, 2018, 04:02:19 am
Forgive me, as I'm not super well known on fonts; but I do know that not all fonts are supported by html, or within certain browsers or engines. Personally, I use this (https://www.w3schools.com/cssref/css_websafe_fonts.asp) handy website whenever I want to change up my post formats. Additionally, I know from experience that even some of the fonts from here don't work on simplemachines (our forum engine) or even google chrome all the time. Also, make sure you are typing your spaces right. I forget whether or not you need all spaces or no spaces, but it wouldn't hurt to play around with them. Same thing goes for colors. I remember having to alter many of the colors in my tutorial to fit the code.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Jango_Fett on March 01, 2018, 04:30:04 am
Maybe simplemachines dropped a few fonts that were working previously, or some update went awry?
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Michen_S on March 01, 2018, 05:55:53 pm
I'm using Firefox, all fonts still work fine for me.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 01, 2018, 09:20:00 pm
I am using chrome and they use to work fine for me on this browser, but recently it seems they don't work, it is pretty disappointing.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 02, 2018, 06:58:13 pm
This is still an issue, can any of the moderators please help or at least explain what is wrong?
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Warriorstrike on March 03, 2018, 12:29:33 am
Which fonts are having trouble showing up for you? I use both Internet Explorer and Firefox, and all of the fonts listed on the tutorial you've linked appear to work fine for me. o:
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 03, 2018, 10:40:14 pm
Harrington

Kristen ITC

Magneto

Mistral

Old English Text MT

Papyrus

Ravie

Showcard Gothic

Snap ITC

Stencil

Viner Hand ITC


All of these ones, none of them are working properly for me.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Warriorstrike on March 04, 2018, 01:36:21 am
Those fonts appear to work fine for me. o: Another staff member has checked them in Chrome, as well, with success for those fonts. Perhaps, check to see if Chrome has come out with a new update that deals with font issues (or revert back to an old one, if you noticed the problem occurring after an update). If there is any possibility that you have downloaded an extension or add-on for fonts to your browser, there could be a bug in the program. ^^
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Morgra on March 04, 2018, 01:45:40 am
Adding onto what Nynx suggested:
You may already be doing this but make sure you are typing the fonts correctly ^^

Like this:

[font=harrington]ABCDabcd[/font] ► ABCDabcd
[font=kristenitc]ABCDabcd[/font] ► ABCDabcd
[font=magneto]ABCDabcd[/font] ► ABCDabcd
[font=mistral]ABCDabcd[/font] ► ABCDabcd
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 04, 2018, 03:47:11 am
Even the fonts you type in Morgra are showing up wrong actually. I will screenshot it.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 04, 2018, 03:49:29 am
(https://img00.deviantart.net/b6f6/i/2018/062/7/b/capture_by_kurainekomt13-dc4vter.png)


See for me they are not working, not even when others types it, I knew I was typing it right, this just does not make much sense, but I will check on the update thing just as a troubleshooting step.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 04, 2018, 03:52:34 am
It is up to date and I am on the latest version, I just checked. Though this is still an issue for me sadly.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Ellen11v on March 04, 2018, 08:21:56 am
Are you sure all those fonts are not supposed to look like that? I know they give the same appearance from different names, but maybe it’s meant to be like that? Since the staff says there’s no problem? :p

Also isn’t it kinda harsh to post pics of other people’s screenshots to prove them wrong when they are just trying to help ya out? I mean I just think it wasn’t necessary :v (sorry just my lousy opinion popping outta nowhere.)
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Lucius on March 04, 2018, 02:58:51 pm
Quote from: Ellen11v on March 04, 2018, 08:21:56 am
Are you sure all those fonts are not supposed to look like that? I know they give the same appearance from different names, but maybe it’s meant to be like that? Since the staff says there’s no problem? :p[/s]

Actually, the fonts are supposed to look like this:

(https://i.imgur.com/KIeWvLf.png)

I took a screenshot of Morgra's examples (I hope you don't mind!) from my Chrome browser.
It's fully updated to Version 64.0.3282.186 (Official Build) (64-bit).


Quote from: Ellen11v on March 04, 2018, 08:21:56 am
Also isn’t it kinda harsh to post pics of other people’s screenshots to prove them wrong when they are just trying to help ya out? I mean I just think it wasn’t necessary :v (sorry just my lousy opinion popping outta nowhere.)

It's quite hard to judge what exactly a person is having issues with when there's nothing to go on. For all you and I know, it was possible that the font names were typed wrong, or maybe the coding was off.

With an image to compare, however, we can clearly see that's not the issue. What I see isn't the same as what Shadow sees, despite it being the same post, with the same code.

In my opinion, there's nothing rude about the screenshot in question; it was posted to show that the fonts were not displaying correctly, even on someone else's post.


As far as the actual issue goes:

Is this happening on the same computer that used to display them correctly?

Are the TrueType font files (.TTF) all in your Fonts folder? (For windows users, this is: C:\Windows\Fonts)

Are the fonts working in other browsers and/or in other programs?

Did you change any settings in chrome prior to experiencing your issue?

If you're running Windows, did you update it recently? It's possible that an update or setting screwed something up.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Ellen11v on March 04, 2018, 03:30:27 pm
My bad, I thought Morgra posted a screenshot, and so I thought Shadow took a screenshot of her post with that screenshot... *takes the walk of shame xD*
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: ShadowMT13 on March 04, 2018, 03:42:43 pm
Quote from: Ellen11v on March 04, 2018, 08:21:56 am
Are you sure all those fonts are not supposed to look like that? I know they give the same appearance from different names, but maybe it’s meant to be like that? Since the staff says there’s no problem? :p

Also isn’t it kinda harsh to post pics of other people’s screenshots to prove them wrong when they are just trying to help ya out? I mean I just think it wasn’t necessary :v (sorry just my lousy opinion popping outta nowhere.)

Ellen no one is proving anyone wrong I was showing them to let them see for them self what I am seeing on my end, please don't assume stuff and make comments like that. Thanks. It was just to help them get a better idea of what I was seeing to help them help me better and understand what the problem was, just incase there was any confusion.


I think it is honestly more rude for you to assume stuff like that and come in here commenting like that, but that is not the issue at hand so just keep this stuff in mind when you are roaming the forums, please and thank you. Anyways I don't mean any disrespect just was pointing out that it is kind of rude what you did your self, I try to be respectful to the moderators, especially when they are trying to help me, so you will not see me being rude to them if I can help it.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Jango_Fett on March 04, 2018, 04:18:48 pm
All of the fonts are showing up properly for me.

Try using something like Firefox or another computer.
Double-check that you're up to date or even... I don't know, reinstalling Chrome might not fix it.
Title: Re: Why are some fonts not working anymore?
Post by: Morgra on March 04, 2018, 06:00:45 pm
That's very strange. I hope we can figure this out <3 Have you tried viewing these fonts in Chrome's incognito mode to see if you're having the same issue?

Quote from: Lucius on March 04, 2018, 02:58:51 pm
I took a screenshot of Morgra's examples (I hope you don't mind!) from my Chrome browser.
And nah, I don't mind at all xD