[Windows 8] Subtitle italic by default issue?

[thangcoo]

Hi All,

I just upgraded my machine from Windows 7 to Windows 8 Professional. After that, all the subtitles was automatically displayed as italic and I could not remove the effect. In Windows 7, everything was fine. I was using the same version 2.0.3 for both windows.

Please help.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Change the font in Preferneces.

[thangcoo]

Every fonts I changed to are converted to italic by default, except for the bold ones.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Reset your preferences then.

[layer]

I have the exact same problem after upgrading to Windows 8. All italics, all the time.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Very well. This seems a VLC on Windows 8 issue.

[Carneiro]

i have the same issue

i'm using Windows 8 x64 Enterprise and VLC 2.0.5

[oldabelincoln]

I have exactly the same problem - all subtitles and closed captions are set to italics under Win 8 Pro x64, VLC 2.05, and the OSD of the file name as well. All display properly under Win7 Ultimate x64 and XP SP3 x86 (32 bit) with VLC 2.0.5.

I have seen no other instances of forced italics in other programs under Win 8 in the 2 weeks I have been using it.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Confirmed.

[powerjoe]

Happened to me too. It appears to take effect only with some fonts, see my SuperUser question: http://superuser.com/questions/555923

[wild.popy]

Hi
I am using windows 8 and dont know how to turn on subtitles on vlc. is there any one who could help me please?

[nzchris]

Actually I have exactly the opposite problem to Wild.Popy - I am using VLC on windows 8 and can't figure out how to turn the Subtitles OFF

Can anyone help with that?

[DerpishCat]

Hi
I am using windows 8 and dont know how to turn on subtitles on vlc. is there any one who could help me please?

Actually I have exactly the opposite problem to Wild.Popy - I am using VLC on windows 8 and can't figure out how to turn the Subtitles OFF

Can anyone help with that?

This should work, assuming it's an .mkv file.

[Caecilius]

Happened to me too!

[Caecilius]

Confirmed.

Why it's still not fixed since feb 2013?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Because nobody fixed it.

[Caecilius]

Can you do it please?

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

No, I cannot.

[Caecilius]

Why?

[Kemii]

I found just changing them from Arial did the job and put them back to a non-italic state.

I am curious as to why it cant be fixed though, is it a code issue from Microsoft themselves?

[shinpuriikurisu]

I changed the default encoding to "System codeset" and the sub's normal again. Tested using Open Sans and Segoe UI. Hope this helps