Dear Dan, Yes, this test indeed solved the "9" becoming a dash.
I could let that as is, but after many years using linux I learned that the less you personalize your system, the less headache you will have in the future. So, how can I undo some probable mistake in my system and get it back to what it is like when first installed? Is there a debian package for Lucida Grande. I know I've tried to install many out-of-repositories alternatives for Lucida Grande that I'm willing to remove them all. Thanks, Béco On Sat, 4 Apr 2020 at 12:58, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > Beco wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 20:03, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > > > > > Beco wrote: > > > > Guess I was wrong. The problem persists, now it looks like the > problem is > > > > Helvetica. > > > > > > > > I found this link: > > > > > > > > https://support.google.com/chrome/thread/2120514?hl=en > > > > > > > > I don't use chrome, I use firefox. But it appears that the problem > > > happens > > > > in both browsers. > > > > > > > > Still a mystery. > > > > > > > > > Open up the offending page in Firefox. Find a paragraph where > > > the 9 is missing. > > > > > > Use the three-bar menu, Web Developer, Inspector. That should > > > open up a debugging console underneath the webpage. > > > > > > On the left of the debugging console you should see a tree of > > > HTML elements. When you mouse over them, they will be > > > highlighted and so will the relevant portion of the page. Some > > > parts of the tree might be folded down into triangles, which you > > > can open up. > > > > > > Find the smallest element that contains the 9. Click on it in > > > the tree to select it. > > > > > > Now look over at the right side of the debugging console. > > > There's a Fonts tab. It will show you the precise font being > > > used. > > > > > > That is your culprit. Tell us and we'll see if we can help you > > > remove it. > > > > > > -dsr- > > > > > > > > > Thanks Dan, > > > > Did that. Still Lucida Grande. > > > > I failed to install this font like 3 times from 3 different download > sites. > > > > Any official debian solution to it? > > > Let's try substitution at the X11 layer. > > This syntax in your ~/.fonts.conf will change the response for one > font into an answer from another: > > <alias> > <family>Lucida Grande</family> > <prefer> > <family>DejaVu Sans</family> > </prefer> > </alias> > > Add as many stanzas as you like; then run fc-cache and restart > your application. > > -dsr- > -- Dr Beco A.I. researcher "I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant" -- Alan Greenspan GPG Key: https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x5A107A425102382A Creation date: pgp.mit.edu ID as of 2014-11-09
