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Font troubleshooting

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No text, just rectangles
=== No text, just rectangles ===
[[File:ReplacementGlyph.png|thumb|right|169px225px|Fig. {{#vardefineecho:figure|{{#expr:{{#var:figure}}+1}}}} Point sizes for Times New Roman Replacement fonts when font in Windowsfamily missing]]
Unicode calls the phenomenon (of a placeholder open/black rectangle "" or REPLACEMENT CHARACTER "�" being rendered instead of the actual strokes of a letter) a [http://unicode.org/glossary/#replacement_glyph replacement glyph]. It also known as a ''missing glyph''.
 
The first step is a full shutdown and restart. Give the OS the opportunity to re-load the font collections.
You might also try going to the Gramps install directory (for Windows, this is "<code>C:\Program
-fv</code>" from the command line. This command should re-establish the font cache. A large number of Replacement Glyphs indicates that a recent update has likely messed up fonts in some way.
As an alternative to using the Command Line utility, re-install Gramps... which will do the same thing but also do broader resets.
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