#### 30.6.5 Accommodating browser font-rendering differences

Some browsers (Opera and Safari, for example) do not support OpenType and TrueType fonts. Mozilla browsers (Firefox, for example) support these fonts only when you use <font> tags. For example, you cannot get Firefox to render a character in a special font such as Webdings or Wingdings unless you enclose the character (using its standard ASCII equivalent) in a <font> tag with the face attribute. For example, you would need the following code to make Firefox display a Wingdings square bullet:

    <font face="wingdings">n</font>

You could direct DITA2Go to use <font> tags:

    [HTMLOptions]
    NoFonts = No
    UseFontFace = Yes

However, this workaround is not effective for Opera or Safari, and might not be reliable for any non-Microsoft browser.

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Parent Topic: 30.6 Mapping fonts

Sibling Topics:

30.6.1 Specifying a default font and size

30.6.2 Mapping font sizes

30.6.3 Including or excluding font tags

30.6.4 Excluding face and size attributes from font tags

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