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I only see a black bordered box. I'm on WinXP and latest dev channel chrome. Am I missing something?

by CWIZO 16y ago

ugh 16y ago
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/sonwman.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/sonwman.png (Screenshot for all those who can’t see it.)
- tomerico 16y ago
  Funny it looks different on my computer: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2601554/snowman.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2601554/snowman.png
  - ugh 16y ago
    Awww, yours looks much nicer. The page doesn’t specify a font so I guess it’s just using the default font of the browser (or, failing that, any font that contains the Unicode character; I would be surprised if many do). My default font is Helvetica Neue. – edit: I did some digging around. There are a few fonts on my computer which contain a snowman. My browser uses (for whatever reason) Hiragino which is a family of Japanese fonts that comes standard with every Mac. Your nice snowman is the one in Arial Unicode. Here are all the snowmen on my system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/snowmen.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/snowmen.png
    - alanh 16y ago
      I wonder if Hiragino isn’t the choice due in part to the prevalence of emoji in Japan.
    - infinity 16y ago
      I'm seeing the MS Gothic Snowman from your screenshot with Opera 11 on Win XP. The Kozuka Snowman is cute. Thank you all for the fun with unicode and fonts :)
- ElliotH 16y ago
  Another snowman. This one on Chromium under Arch Linux, no idea what font its ended up using, but I think it looks much happier. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6266437/Snowman.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6266437/Snowman.png
- cookiecaper 16y ago
  Here's mine, using Firefox 4 Nightly on Arch Linux. http://imgur.com/yGXVS.png http://imgur.com/yGXVS.png
- sid0 16y ago
  Firefox 4 on Windows 7: http://grab.by/grabs/8946a738425aa50f88307695fa2bb4fe.png http://grab.by/grabs/8946a738425aa50f88307695fa2bb4fe.png
- l0nwlf 16y ago
  Of all the screenshots, mine looks the ugliest. ( http://i.imgur.com/zX3tG.png http://i.imgur.com/zX3tG.png ). Chrome Beta on OS X Snow Leopard.
  - rapind 16y ago
    Best one imo. Our snowman has a fez!
- w1ntermute 16y ago
  Firefox 3.6.13 on Arch Linux: http://i.imgur.com/G8AVb.png http://i.imgur.com/G8AVb.png My default font is called 'serif'.
- MikeCampo 16y ago
  Firefox 3.6.6 on Ubuntu 10.04 - He looks pretty happy! http://i.imgur.com/v8zXx.png http://i.imgur.com/v8zXx.png

I only see a black bordered box. I'm on WinXP and latest dev channel chrome. Am I missing something?

by CWIZO 16y ago

I only see a black bordered box. I'm on WinXP and latest dev channel chrome. Am I missing something?

ugh 16y ago

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/sonwman.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/sonwman.png (Screenshot for all those who can’t see it.)

tomerico 16y ago
Funny it looks different on my computer: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2601554/snowman.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2601554/snowman.png
- ugh 16y ago
  Awww, yours looks much nicer. The page doesn’t specify a font so I guess it’s just using the default font of the browser (or, failing that, any font that contains the Unicode character; I would be surprised if many do). My default font is Helvetica Neue. – edit: I did some digging around. There are a few fonts on my computer which contain a snowman. My browser uses (for whatever reason) Hiragino which is a family of Japanese fonts that comes standard with every Mac. Your nice snowman is the one in Arial Unicode. Here are all the snowmen on my system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/snowmen.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4073000/snowmen.png
  - alanh 16y ago
    I wonder if Hiragino isn’t the choice due in part to the prevalence of emoji in Japan.
  - infinity 16y ago
    I'm seeing the MS Gothic Snowman from your screenshot with Opera 11 on Win XP. The Kozuka Snowman is cute. Thank you all for the fun with unicode and fonts :)
ElliotH 16y ago
Another snowman. This one on Chromium under Arch Linux, no idea what font its ended up using, but I think it looks much happier. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6266437/Snowman.png http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6266437/Snowman.png
cookiecaper 16y ago
Here's mine, using Firefox 4 Nightly on Arch Linux. http://imgur.com/yGXVS.png http://imgur.com/yGXVS.png
sid0 16y ago
Firefox 4 on Windows 7: http://grab.by/grabs/8946a738425aa50f88307695fa2bb4fe.png http://grab.by/grabs/8946a738425aa50f88307695fa2bb4fe.png
l0nwlf 16y ago
Of all the screenshots, mine looks the ugliest. ( http://i.imgur.com/zX3tG.png http://i.imgur.com/zX3tG.png ). Chrome Beta on OS X Snow Leopard.
- rapind 16y ago
  Best one imo. Our snowman has a fez!
w1ntermute 16y ago
Firefox 3.6.13 on Arch Linux: http://i.imgur.com/G8AVb.png http://i.imgur.com/G8AVb.png My default font is called 'serif'.
MikeCampo 16y ago
Firefox 3.6.6 on Ubuntu 10.04 - He looks pretty happy! http://i.imgur.com/v8zXx.png http://i.imgur.com/v8zXx.png