Microsoft Deletes 2 Characters from Office Font

PsychoDad

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Sun Mar-21-04 06:46 AM
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Microsoft Deletes 2 Characters from Office Font

Microsoft Deletes 2 Characters from Office Font
by Brett Milner

On 10 February 2004, Microsoft released a new "Critical Update" with the following description:

SUMMARY
A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font that is included with Microsoft Office 2003. The Bookshelf Symbol 7 font is contained in the Bssym7.ttf file.

Notice the missing swastika and Star of David in the new version. Replaced with harmless, politically correct black squares. The Star of David was produced with an upper-case , and the tilde <~> produced the swastika, if you have the old version.

More at:
http://www.thememoryhole.org/sci-tech/office_font.htm

I can understand the swastika, but why remove the star of David?

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ayeshahaqqiqa

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Sun Mar-21-04 06:50 AM
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1. Like your new avitar!

I had no idea they did this. I don't understand why the Star of David was removed, either. Haven't heard of any complaints from anyone about this.

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PsychoDad

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Sun Mar-21-04 08:03 AM
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3. I like yours too.

It's very cool :)

I think this went completely under the radar, as it were.

I had heard the MS was removing the swastika in a news release.. but to find they expunged the star of david along with is is wierd.

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Wonk

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Sun Mar-21-04 06:59 AM
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2. Reminiscent of the "type NYC in the Microsoft wingdings font" scandal

Edited on Sun Mar-21-04 07:01 AM by Wonk

http://www.google.com/search?q=Microsoft+NYC+wingdings

http://www.twin-towers.net/Wingdings.htm

ymmv

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