MS: "Bookshelf Symbol 8 font has been found to contain unacceptable symbols."

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Hahaha, that's so stupid. Hopefully it'll get rid of Alkemyst's little A^&@I) symbol for good. :D
 
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Upon looking at the character map for the (replacement) font, I've come to the conclusion that they included in the previous version either

A) Asian profanity (There are a few asian symbols included)
B) A swastika
 
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BigJ

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Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Upon looking at the character map for the (replacement) font, I've come to the conclusion that they included in the previous version either

A) Asian profanity (There are a few asian symbols included)
B) A swastika
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Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
It was the swastika. Thank the politically correct asshats for making it a "critical" update.
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My question: what font designer would include a SWASTIKA in their font?
 
brigden

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So we can safely assume some powerful Jew got upset and threatened a lawsuit. This is what our society has come to, folks.
 
Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
It was the swastika. Thank the politically correct asshats for making it a "critical" update.
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My question: what font designer would include a SWASTIKA in their font?
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You do realise that the swastika is not solely associated with Nazis, right? It's an ancient sun-symbol.

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EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: RagingBITCH
It was the swastika. Thank the politically correct asshats for making it a "critical" update.
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My question: what font designer would include a SWASTIKA in their font?
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Go type C in webdings. What font designer would include a star of david? This is a symbol set font. The swastika is a symbol. A fairly common symbol, no different from the star of david except for the connotation that it carries with it because of that asshat genius, Hitler.
 

Originally posted by: brigden
So we can safely assume some powerful Jew got upset and threatened a lawsuit. This is what our society has come to, folks.
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Or black. Or Asian. Or brunette. Or brown eyed person. Or Catholic. Or Muslim. Or French person. Or Dutchman. Or Spaniard.

It's offensive to a lot of people, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be a part of a font so that people can use it in their reports and documents.

This is disgusting, and I don't think it should have been removed. The swastika is an important part of world history, and it deserves representation in typography.
 
Zenmervolt

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Originally posted by: jumpr
Originally posted by: brigden
So we can safely assume some powerful Jew got upset and threatened a lawsuit. This is what our society has come to, folks.
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Or black. Or Asian. Or brunette. Or brown eyed person. Or Catholic. Or Muslim. Or French person. Or Dutchman. Or Spaniard.

It's offensive to a lot of people, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be a part of a font so that people can use it in their reports and documents.

This is disgusting, and I don't think it should have been removed. The swastika is an important part of world history, and it deserves representation in typography.
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It's a symbol. A bunch of pixels or dots of ink on a page. If a symbol offends you, you've got issues.

A symbol is meaningless in and of itself, it's the attitude behind the symbol that makes it problematic and there is clearly no malicious attitude behind this instance.

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Kadarin

Kadarin

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It's a legitimate symbol. What if, for example, you were writing some kind of historical research document, and needed it?

If you erase history, pretending that it doesn't exist, you lose the opportunity to learn from it.
 
yukichigai

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The smart bet would be to make it an optional install. That way you can get it if you want it, but you aren't forced to deal with it if you don't want to.

Of course it would probably be given some horrid name like "Non-equalitarian symbols" or some crap.
 
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Balt

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I was almost sure the Southern Baptists were behind this.

For the first time ever I was wrong making that assumption.

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So

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Definitely a NAZI swastika. The direction of the corners and the 45 degree rotation differentiates it.
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is not a Nazi Swastika, that is.
 
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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
It's a legitimate symbol. What if, for example, you were writing some kind of historical research document, and needed it?

If you erase history, pretending that it doesn't exist, you lose the opportunity to learn from it.
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Apparantly nobody in this country has learned that yet. There's talk that the New York episode of The Simpsons will be left off of the next DVD because it contains a scene at the World Trade Center. What asshats.
 
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Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
It's a legitimate symbol. What if, for example, you were writing some kind of historical research document, and needed it?

If you erase history, pretending that it doesn't exist, you lose the opportunity to learn from it.
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Apparantly nobody in this country has learned that yet. There's talk that the New York episode of The Simpsons will be left off of the next DVD because it contains a scene at the World Trade Center. What asshats.
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What's gonna happen if this crap keeps up is that we're gonna raise a generation of pussies who can't deal with anything hard or difficult, cause it's always been exorcised from their lives before it could do any "damage". Bah.
 
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xSauronx

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Originally posted by: Hubris
Originally posted by: yukichigai
Originally posted by: Astaroth33
It's a legitimate symbol. What if, for example, you were writing some kind of historical research document, and needed it?

If you erase history, pretending that it doesn't exist, you lose the opportunity to learn from it.
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Apparantly nobody in this country has learned that yet. There's talk that the New York episode of The Simpsons will be left off of the next DVD because it contains a scene at the World Trade Center. What asshats.
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What's gonna happen if this crap keeps up is that we're gonna raise a generation of pussies who can't deal with anything hard or difficult, cause it's always been exorcised from their lives before it could do any "damage". Bah.
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we already have a generation of pussies who cant deal with anything, i changed my sig to reflect that some time ago.

oh...and if you need a swastika and dont have the character, make a huge ass one in mspaint.
 
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DurocShark

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Blah.

Those symbols have been used since the dawn of civilization... Even back to Mesopotamia. How dare MS or anyone else deny us access to the world's history in this way. Just because one single event in recent history made the swastika as a simbol of evil doesn't make EVERY use of that symbol evil.

People sure are short sighted.
 
Aves

Aves

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I will not be installing this Critical
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Update.
 
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