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On WindowsForum.com, the tag 'square' primarily refers to display issues where characters or icons appear as squares instead of intended text or graphics. Common causes include missing or corrupted fonts, especially for non-Latin scripts like Japanese, or problems with fallback fonts in Windows 7 and 8.1. Users also report graphical artifacts such as red squares and green lines during boot, often linked to video driver or hardware problems. Additionally, the tag appears in discussions about the square-shaped BlackBerry Passport phone and a humorous video titled 'Square Fun.' Troubleshooting steps for square display problems include restoring default fonts, updating drivers, or checking for system file corruption.
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Windows 8 Windows 8.1 icon problem
I've just bought a new laptop with windows 8.1 installed. I had a PC, so I copied the Fonts folder in that PC and pasted into my new laptop. And then it happened (you can see down there, in the yellow and red circles; so are the arrows in the login screen and the apps list). In my opinion, that...- theangel014
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- arrow icons problem resize square windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Surrogate pair characters in fallback font are displayed as squares in Windows 7 or Windows...
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- characters com surrogate display fallback fonts issues rendering square text windows 7
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Will Blackberry Phone Make a True Comeback?
Blackberry has is close to introducing a new phone "BlackBerry Passport " It has a square shape and is made from plastic and metal. I think that's not a bad idea if you trying to be unique. What do you guys think?Link Removed- mikedesigner
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- blackberry blackberry passport comeback mobile phone square technology unique
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- Forum: The Water Cooler
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Windows 7 Japanese text suddenly became squares.
Hi all i have been facing a problem from 2 days ago which is never happened before. my Windows Explorer hadn't problem displaying Japanese Characters in Folder and Files name until recently. like in this image it also gives sqaures instead of ► in folders. is there any fix for this ...- ZeraX
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- characters display encoding explorer files folders fonts japanese square windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Red Squares and green lines
The last few days my computer freezes at the starting windows screen. My system has been running totally fine for a long time until a few days ago. It started randomly freezing playing Fallout New Vegas. I downloaded the latest drivers but it didnt help anything. Sometimes i would get a message...- joeaverage45
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- boot issues computer drivers error fallout new vegas freezing graphics graphics card hardware kernel lines nvidia performance recovery safe mode sli square system troubleshooting windows
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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