I'll reply about the technical part without getting into the copyright
issues. (I'll only say that a non-free font like Wingdings will
definitely not be added to the official Wikimedia version.)
And yes, it's certainly possible to add a font, though a bit
complicated. That is, to add a custom font you have to edit code.
Maybe it would be more robust if it could be done through a
configuration file.
In short, to add a font you have to do two things:
1. Add the font files to the fonts directory.
2. Add a few lines of code to the js/webfonts.fontlist.js file.
To make it work in all browsers, you must also convert the TTF file to
a WOFF file and to an EOT file. Instructions about that can be found
at the. You must also think about the language to which you'll assign
this font. Picking a dummy language code like 'en-x-wingdings' might
work, even though it's not standard (or it might not work because some
browsers won't like a non-standard code). This extension was not built
for improving the design of webpages, but for supporting languages, so
you'll need a hack to make it work as you wish.
The full instructions for editing the code and for adding the font
files appear in
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WebFonts#Adding_a_new_language_sup…
Hope it helps!
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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
2012/6/12 Isabell Alcott <uv22ealcott(a)googlemail.com>om>:
Hi and Hello,
may I again ask about this Wingdings.ttf font style. I know that it is
possible to install additional fonts into mediawiki.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WebFonts
So my question is if it isnt also possible for Wingdings.
Itried to alter the WebFonts extension but it seems not to have an effect.
Some Helps and Tipps are highly appreciated.
Isa
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