[Pidgin] #604: Some characters appear as boxes with numbers in them

[Pidgin]

#604: Some characters appear as boxes with numbers in them
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 Reporter:  PSyMastR              |        Owner:  datallah       
     Type:  defect                |       Status:  new            
Milestone:                        |    Component:  winpidgin (gtk)
  Version:  2.0                   |   Resolution:                 
 Keywords:  font text boxes dice  |  
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Comment(by Lasbas):

 I just got referred here after emailing Pidgin support about this issue
 after finding no help in the Pidgin FAQ or website. The response was as
 follows:

 {{{
 This is a font issue.

 See http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/604 for information on how font
 mappings work.

 -D
 }}}

 How can this be the official response, to refer users to 4-year old
 threads with multiple proposed solutions to multiple versions of the
 software? Meanwhile this "font issue" had never reared it's head in ''any
 other'' programs I typically use on my computer. Or in any proprietary
 clients I've tried, or in browser-based IM clients like www.imo.im, which
 is my new default for IMing.

 Good luck if you ignore a glaring issue like this for so long...

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