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I have one text file(ANSI).

This file completely contain full of box..
I am not able to findout the default font relvant(language also)
How can i get the orginal font

Posted 20-Dec-09 23:18pm

umarani.k

Updated 20-Dec-09 23:20pm

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2009-12-21T01:30:00

Solution 1

Plain text file doesn't contain font info hence you cannot 'get the original font'.
:)

Posted 21-Dec-09 1:30am

CPallini

Rick Shaub · Answer 2 · 2009-12-21T03:22:00

Solution 2

The "boxes" are non-printable characters, which means you are probably dealing with binary data, not ascii.

Posted 21-Dec-09 3:22am

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Abhishek Sur · Answer 3 · 2009-12-21T03:30:00

If you see Boxes in NotePad, that means it cant show the content in the Editor.

Try saving the content again using Unicode, I think data is corrupted due to being saved as ANSI format.

Also, Notepad dont store any Font related data. It shows the font that is chosen when configured to notepad. So there is no chance for you to get the Original font from the Data saved in Notepad.

If you want this, store this in doc file. If the font is uncommon, you need to install it as well in the client where you want to see the content.

:cool: