Different fonts ? - Guild Wars Forums

RedStar · Aug 15, 2011, 09:41 AM // 09:41

I was playing and while pm'ing someone I noticed something :

He used a different font from one PM to an other. At first I thought "maybe he's from an Asian country, so maybe because of the characters they have a different font when writing latin characters". But the first one had the normal font. So what is the cause ?

(Yes it's a rather silly question, but I'm intrigued xD

Olle · Aug 15, 2011, 10:43 AM // 10:43

some letters can be copied into gw chat, my guess is that he wrote it in word, copy&paste
to seem cool.

Zaph · Aug 15, 2011, 02:07 PM // 14:07

Maybe that person copy-pasted from word, but more likely he has some Asian Language enabled in Control Panel / Text & Language Settings.

My friend uses same font when his language is set to Simplified Chinese, and normal when he turns back language to English. However, I was unable (probably due to my lack of knowledge..) to turn it on and use it when I set Simplified Chinese as default language..

Sierraa · Aug 15, 2011, 06:02 PM // 18:02

Having a different language keyboard will generally do that in GW. When I used to have my Japanese keyboard if I left it on and typed in english it would make it look weird. :p

Araiia · Aug 15, 2011, 06:19 PM // 18:19

Yeah. I'm not sure why it happens, but if you type in english after typing asian characters, your text may change fonts. It happens outside of GW too. It probably isn't copy-pasted.

Mashiyu · Aug 15, 2011, 09:35 PM // 21:35

I played Guildwars on an Asian notebook - it was rather annoying, because the target-call [Ctrl]+[Space] also switches between the keyboard layouts. And yes, GW uses an other font for text written with chinese input support.

RedStar · Aug 16, 2011, 07:22 AM // 07:22

Ah okay, thank you all for you answers ^^.

Aug 15, 2011, 09:41 AM // 09:41	#1
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Aug 15, 2011, 10:43 AM // 10:43	#2
Olle Furnace Stoker Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ign: Miniature Julia Guild: Teh Academy[PhD] Profession: W/	some letters can be copied into gw chat, my guess is that he wrote it in word, copy&paste to seem cool.

Aug 15, 2011, 02:07 PM // 14:07	#3
Zaph Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2008 Location: UTC+1 Guild: --- ???oo ???ugs ???lan --- [?????????] Profession: Mo/	Maybe that person copy-pasted from word, but more likely he has some Asian Language enabled in Control Panel / Text & Language Settings. My friend uses same font when his language is set to Simplified Chinese, and normal when he turns back language to English. However, I was unable (probably due to my lack of knowledge..) to turn it on and use it when I set Simplified Chinese as default language..

Aug 15, 2011, 06:02 PM // 18:02	#4
Sierraa Supastar~ ??? Join Date: May 2006 Location: USA [GMT -7] Guild: Sierraas Asian Harem [love] Profession: Me/	Having a different language keyboard will generally do that in GW. When I used to have my Japanese keyboard if I left it on and typed in english it would make it look weird. :p

Aug 15, 2011, 06:19 PM // 18:19	#5
Araiia Krytan Explorer Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: USA	Yeah. I'm not sure why it happens, but if you type in english after typing asian characters, your text may change fonts. It happens outside of GW too. It probably isn't copy-pasted.

Aug 15, 2011, 09:35 PM // 21:35	#6
Mashiyu Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2010 Profession: E/	I played Guildwars on an Asian notebook - it was rather annoying, because the target-call [Ctrl]+[Space] also switches between the keyboard layouts. And yes, GW uses an other font for text written with chinese input support.

Aug 16, 2011, 07:22 AM // 07:22	#7
RedStar Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: _____________________ (\__/) (\__/) (\__/)Help (='.'=)(='.'=)(='.'=)Bunny (")_(")(")_(")(")_(") Guild: [Bomb] Profession: E/	Ah okay, thank you all for you answers ^^.