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Adobe Photoshop CS5.5 text tool error – ‘could not complete your request because something prevented the text engine from being initialized’.
Recently after upgrading from Photoshop CS5 to Photoshop CS5.5 whenever I tried to use the text tool, I received the following error, “could not complete your request because something prevented the text engine from being initialized”. It’s possible that a bad font could cause this error, but that’s what the problem was in my case. [...]
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How to use custom fonts in your HTML with Google Web Fonts
Google has made adding custom fonts to your web pages very simple. You no longer need to find a public domain font, download it, convert it, and then upload it to your site. Plus, it only takes a simple edit to change the font. First go to Google Web Fonts and choose the font(s) you [...]
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Web-safe fonts with CSS
Web-safe fonts is a common problem that I run into when cleaning up web pages for customers. My primary goal when cleaning up or rewriting a web page is to try and make things consistent across all platforms and browsers. This is easier said than done in many cases. Not only are bad font declarations [...]
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Fresh ELITE HTTP PROXY List
Looking for a fresh elite HTTP proxy server list? Look no further, I am selling a freshly scraped list of elite HTTP proxies on fiverr.com. What is an elite HTTP proxy? There are basically three levels HTTP proxies: transparent, anonymous and elite. Transparent HTTP proxies will reveal your IP address and that you are using [...]
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GPG error: launchpad.net NO_PUBKEY
You may receive a NO_PUBKEY error after adding a PPA from launchpad.net. Sometimes the public key does not get added to your system and you will receive a NO_PUBKEY error when trying to update. This is applicable when updating a Debian based GNU/Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu or Linux Mint. If your system did not [...]
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Make a full screen <div> overlay that does not move when the page scrolls
If you need to make a full screen div overlay to load a popup, like a system modal dialog or an animated loading image and want to keep it full screen without it moving with the scroll bars, there is a simple solution. You just need to add the correct CSS to lock the <div> [...]
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Linux Mint Custom Google Search
Do you have some Firefox plug-ins that utilize the Google search results, but no longer work because Linux Mint 10 has a customized Google search? NOTE: I don’t recommend disabling this unless you really, really need it. Linux Mint relies on that search feature to generate income so that they can keep on producing a [...]
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