wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Has anyone come across this. Most of my Metro icons like Save,Back arrow and other icons are all messed up. I have Stardock Decor8, Icon Packager as well as a theme pitcher install on my desktop. UxStyle_Core_sep03_experimental_bits. See other Screenshots. http://www.kmt-studio.com/w8/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Use the Refresh feature ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Use the Refresh feature ? Won't that kill installed apps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hum Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Maybe read here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/restore-refresh-reset-pc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsYcHoKiLLa Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I use UltraUXThemePatcher 2.0 and I don't have any problem like that and have a custom theme running perfectly fine. That's on Windows 8 x64 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
link6155 Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Here's the problem, a software on your computer has messed up the Segoe Symbol font. To fix it, just download the font here Right click and install it. Your icons should no longer look like rectangles. Guth 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Here's the problem, a software on your computer has messed up the Segoe Symbol font. To fix it, just download the font here Right click and install it. Your icons should no longer look like rectangles. Thanks dude. I always though Windows 8 used vector art for icons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsherGZ Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yeah askvg recently did an article on this. Did you figure out what caused this in the first place? Report it maybe so Microsoft can issue a hotfix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yeah askvg recently did an article on this. Did you figure out what caused this in the first place? Report it maybe so Microsoft can issue a hotfix. Thanks for this link. If font is the main cause of this MS should start using vector files because vector files can scale just as well as any font. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfirth Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Thanks for this link. If font is the main cause of this MS should start using vector files because vector files can scale just as well as any font. Of course that's not the cause. In fact, the metro/modern side of things is already vector. The cause is a corrupt font file. Some customization software you installed corrupted it, or replaced it with an older version that doesn't include those characters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted February 18, 2013 Supervisor Share Posted February 18, 2013 I use UltraUXThemePatcher 2.0 and I don't have any problem like that and have a custom theme running perfectly fine. That's on Windows 8 x64 too. hows the stability on that patch? is it better than the current UXstyle beta?how is it after updates? with the current uxstyle beta you had to uninstall in every time before you ran windows update or things would break after a restart (breaking as in you'll have to do a system restore to use your computer) (the breaking wasn't always that sever but it was 3 out of 4 times) i stopped using the uxstyle beta for this reason, so if UltraUXThemePatcher is more stable I'd love to try it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Of course that's not the cause. In fact, the metro/modern side of things is already vector. The cause is a corrupt font file. Some customization software you installed corrupted it, or replaced it with an older version that doesn't include those characters. It could have been Stardock decor8. Still MS should have used all vector instead of a mixture of vector files and fonts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guth Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It could have been Stardock decor8. Still MS should have used all vector instead of a mixture of vector files and fonts. it doesn't make a difference to most people though this is the reason i stopped using themes and OS customisation software, they nearly always break something somewhere. Frank Reymenants 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 Update. Windows 8 messed up icons has now been fixed. Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
]SK[ Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Hate posts like that. Since you took the time to let people know it's fixed. Maybe explain how so this thread could help others? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsherGZ Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 It could have been Stardock decor8. Still MS should have used all vector instead of a mixture of vector files and fonts. No I don't think it's decor8. I've been using it since beta along with all the other customization tools you mention. Never experienced this myself. An older installation of Office maybe? SK[' timestamp=1361197695' post='595528430]Hate posts like that. Since you took the time to let people know it's fixed. Maybe explain how so this thread could help others? Download this, extract, right click and select Install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetworker Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 SK[' timestamp=1361197695' post='595528430]Hate posts like that. Since you took the time to let people know it's fixed. Maybe explain how so this thread could help others? Sorry. :( I just re-installed the messed up Segoe Symbol font and rebooted my rig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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