Blog tagged as fonts

Font Size pt to px conversions

Chart that converts points to pixels (and ems and %). It also depends on font, browser and OS.

Points	Pixels	Ems	Percent
6pt	8px	0.5em	50%
7pt	9px	0.55em	55%
7.5pt	10px	0.625em	62.5%
8pt	11px	0.7em	70%
9pt	12px	0.75em	75%
10pt	13px	0.8em	80%
10.5pt	14px	0.875em	87.5%
11pt	15px	0.95em	95%
12pt	16px	1em	100%
13pt	17px	1.05em	105%
13.5pt	18px	1.125...

07.08.12 01:31 PM - Comment(s)

To display tamil fonts in android browers

By Sathish Kumar Shanmugavel

Just follow the below steps to get it done:::

1. Type 'about:config' in mobile browser address bar. This opens configuration settings.
2. There is a option for use bitmap fonts. Change that to Yes.

22.06.12 06:42 AM - Comment(s)

Tamil fonts displaying problem in ubuntu

By Sathish Kumar Shanmugavel

Here is the fix

Go to directory cd /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/
Delete both the FreeSerif.ttf and FreeSans.ttf file.

Command

sudo rm -f /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSerif.ttf
sudo rm -f /usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont/FreeSans.ttf

21.06.12 12:00 PM - Comment(s)