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This item updates the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font included in some Microsoft products. The font has been found to contain unacceptable symbols. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.
Wow! A critical issue with an unacceptable symbol. I'm glad they didn't bury this in one of the other updates.
Note Windows Update only offers this critical update to you if the Bssym7.ttf file exists in your Fonts folder or if the Bookshelf Symbol 7 Font Removal Tool is installed. The Bookshelf Symbol 7 Font Remove Tool is documented in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:
833404 Description of the Bookshelf Symbol 7 Font Removal Tool
The information in this article applies to:
Date Time Size File name
12-Dec-2003 16:42 54,412 Bssym7.ttf
Lots of comments about this. Today, 22 February 2004, there are already over 400 pages on the web talking about this, according to Google. The rumors are that two of them were Swastikas, and one was a Star of David.
This is in the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font that is included with Microsoft Office 2003. The Bookshelf Symbol 7 font is contained in the Bssym7.ttf file.
The symbol was a nazi symbol, there was news about it recently.
saberworks Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Damit, it is NOT a nazi symbol. It is a Tibetan unicode character, thousands of years old, which represents the feet of Buddha.
The Nazi swastika, which is different, faces the wrong direction, which any Buddhist will tell you is an extremely bad omen because the energy is flowing in the wrong direction.
But political sensitivity dictates that all similar symbols must be erased from the collective consciousness rather than explain to overly sensitive people that it is NOT a swastika representing Naziism, it is a ancient and holy Buddhist symbol.
Dennis Atkins Wednesday, February 11, 2004
It's basically nothing more than an attempt by MS to destroy the faith of Buddism.
Next they'll delete the letter t and all other cross like symbols since crosses are used by the Klan.
Dennis Atkins Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Big Brother is watching you Dennis ;^)
Steve Jones (UK) Wednesday, February 11, 2004
I don't know about anyone else but I'm having trouble getting this morning's patches. I'm OK until actually asking for the download - but then downloads.microsoft.com appears not to exist.
I suppose a front page headline "The Worst Windows Vunerability Ever" (yes there was) isn't too different from a Denial of Service Attack. Then again after 6 months perhaps an hour or two isn't that important (:-} - obviously)
a cynic writes... Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Well, has it happens the swastikas in this character set (0x7E and 0x8F) are in the orientation used by Nazi organisations. I seem to remember being told the reversed swastika was a symbol for destruction in some ancient script or another.
KB article on the subject: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=833404
I still don't agree that this is a "critical update" though.
SteveM?Create|Search Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Dan Harkless, March 26, 2004
"Det er oppdaget at skriften inneholder uakseptable symboler."
Mistanken bredde seg, og for å sjekke tittet jeg inn i MS Word-funksjonen "Sett inn - symbol", der jeg hentet opp skrifttypen Bookshelf Symbol 7. Ganske riktig. I listen over symboler, som blant annet inkluderer davidsstjernen, spar-hjertet, et dollartegn samt diverse kinesiske skrifttegn, står to hakekors.
Om det er en "Kritisk oppdatering" eller ikke å fjerne disse symbolene, kan man vel diskutere. Men det er et paradoks at dagens informasjonssamfunn, som av mange kjennetegnes ved at vi for første gang har reell ytringsfrihet ettersom vi ikke lenger må eie en avis eller et trykkeri for å komme til orde -- dette samfunnet byr samtidig på helt nye måter å sikre at innskrenkninger i ytringsfriheten -- som forbudet mot rasistiske ytringer -- faktisk blir overholdt. De "oppdaterer" rett og slett symbolene vekk fra oss.
11.feb.2004 @ 09:58:57 PermaLink?Create|Search Lukter vondt 1 Kommentarer
Riepilogo: A critical update is available to remove unacceptable symbols from the Bookshelf Symbol 7 font. Questo strumento consente l'aggiornamento del carattere Bookshelf Symbol 7 incluso in alcuni prodotti Microsoft. Si ritiene che tale carattere contenga simboli inaccettabili.
Lingua: Italiano Dimensione: 313 Kb OS: Win. Server 2003
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