Some characters don't display correctly

[wttomlinson]

Can you read this? 
In my word it's 4 wingdings picked at random. On my PC in this composing window it's 4 little squares. I see those little squares all over the Internet at various normal and ordinary web sites, sometimes in a context that looks like it is just a double quote, ", or something just as common. Here is one from Earthlink webmail: What’s new. On my PC here now the character between What and s is a little square box. I copy it to Notepad, it's STILL a little square box.

Is something in my video setup not right? Is there some IE setting I need to straighten out?

Running XP patched up to date. T43 with "Graphics by ATI" sticker on the front.

[GomJabbar]

My guess is that you need to uninstall then reinstall the font you are using.

[draco2527]

If you have a Microsoft Office application, there is an addition to it that adds extra fonts ect (proofing tools); if you active the correct "keyboard" by changing the language type, under word(or office app) you will see it as "words/characters" if you try to type the same thing "outside" of the office apps, you will get the squares!!!!


That is the only solution that I can come up with, I have the proofing tools and this HAS happened to me more then once.......I also managed to type chinese into my yahoo login prompt...I still have not solved that one!!!