[squeak-dev] 603 asCharacter <print it>

> hannes.hirzel wrote:
>> I use the updated Squeak3.10.2-trunk.image as of today.
>>
>>  603 asCharacter
>>
>> gives the result as shown in the screenshot. Any suggestions?
>
> The issue was caused by a method which didn't use the proper two-pass
> rendering for the new fonts. I've fixed this in the trunk (just update).
>
> However, our new fonts only cover Latin-1 range so using non-latin
> characters with it won't work. In order to use non-latin characters you
> will have to find a suitable font.
>
> You can do this by hitting Cmd-K (Alt-K) and go to the (equally new)
> "More (non-portable) Fonts..." section at the end of the font menu. This
> will offer you platform truetype fonts to use which hopefully have the
> coverage you are looking for.
>
> Cheers,
>    - Andreas
>
>

>
> Hannes
>
> On 8/14/09, Andreas Raab <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> hannes.hirzel wrote:
>>> I use the updated Squeak3.10.2-trunk.image as of today.
>>>
>>>  603 asCharacter
>>>
>>> gives the result as shown in the screenshot. Any suggestions?
>> The issue was caused by a method which didn't use the proper two-pass
>> rendering for the new fonts. I've fixed this in the trunk (just update).
>>
>> However, our new fonts only cover Latin-1 range so using non-latin
>> characters with it won't work. In order to use non-latin characters you
>> will have to find a suitable font.
>>
>> You can do this by hitting Cmd-K (Alt-K) and go to the (equally new)
>> "More (non-portable) Fonts..." section at the end of the font menu. This
>> will offer you platform truetype fonts to use which hopefully have the
>> coverage you are looking for.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>    - Andreas
>>
>>
>
>

> Hello
>
> I really like the new look with the updated GUI elements and with a
> regular menu bar in Squeak 4.1alpha #9832
>
> So I did a retest how Unicode characters are displayed.
>
>
> Display Unicode symbols broken
> ------------------------------------------------
>
> I wanted to choose a font from the platform
>
>    Cmd-K (Alt-K) and go to the (equally new) "More (non-portable)
> Fonts..." entry
>
> The choice for "More (non-portable) Fonts..." is not available.
>
>
> Then I did
>   TTFileDescription installFamilyNamed: 'Arial'.
> as mentioned in the readme file.
>
> The evaluation of
>  603 asCharacter
>
> displays a box instead of a Latin Small Letter Open E
>
>
> After switching to Russian with
>  Locale switchToID: (LocaleID isoLanguage: 'ru').
>
>  16r411 asCharacter
>
> is displayed as a box as well. It should be the Cyrillic capital letter Be
>
>
> Regards
>
> Hannes
>
>

> Hi,
>
> I just tried this on a Mac OS X with success:
>
> TTFileDescription installFamilyNamed: 'Arial'.
> (StringHolder new contents: 'a' , (String with: 603 asCharacter with:
> 16r411 asCharacter)) openLabel: 'Some unicode'.
>
> Then used CMD+SHIFT+K and selected Arial.
>
> Nicolas
>
> 2010/3/27 Hannes Hirzel <[hidden email]>:
>> Hello
>>
>> I really like the new look with the updated GUI elements and with a
>> regular menu bar in Squeak 4.1alpha #9832
>>
>> So I did a retest how Unicode characters are displayed.
>>
>>
>> Display Unicode symbols broken
>> ------------------------------------------------
>>
>> I wanted to choose a font from the platform
>>
>>    Cmd-K (Alt-K) and go to the (equally new) "More (non-portable)
>> Fonts..." entry
>>
>> The choice for "More (non-portable) Fonts..." is not available.
>>
>>
>> Then I did
>>   TTFileDescription installFamilyNamed: 'Arial'.
>> as mentioned in the readme file.
>>
>> The evaluation of
>>  603 asCharacter
>>
>> displays a box instead of a Latin Small Letter Open E
>>
>>
>> After switching to Russian with
>>  Locale switchToID: (LocaleID isoLanguage: 'ru').
>>
>>  16r411 asCharacter
>>
>> is displayed as a box as well. It should be the Cyrillic capital letter Be
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Hannes
>>
>>
>
>

> Thank you Nicolas for doing the test on a Mac,
>
> I did a similar test again on MSWindows
>
> 32 to: 1000 do: [:code | Transcript show: (code printString , ' ',
> code asCharacter asString,' ')]
>
> Then I selected the generated text in the Transcript and changed the
> font to a Unicode font and voila the Unicode symbols were there.
>
> What I found out is that the problem lies at a different place
>
> 1) Open a Workspace
> 2) Right-Click on it and choose 'Set font'
> 3) Choose 'Arial'
> 4) Evaluate 16r411 asCharacter
> -> A box appears
> 5) Select the expression and choose 'Arial' again.
> -> The Cyrillic capital letter Be appears
>
> So the question is: How do I tell a Workspace to accept 'Arial' as its
> default font.
>
> Hannes
>

> On 3/28/10, Nicolas Cellier <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just tried this on a Mac OS X with success:
>>
>> TTFileDescription installFamilyNamed: 'Arial'.
>> (StringHolder new contents: 'a' , (String with: 603 asCharacter with:
>> 16r411 asCharacter)) openLabel: 'Some unicode'.
>>
>> Then used CMD+SHIFT+K and selected Arial.
>>
>> Nicolas
>>
>> 2010/3/27 Hannes Hirzel <[hidden email]>:
>>> Hello
>>>
>>> I really like the new look with the updated GUI elements and with a
>>> regular menu bar in Squeak 4.1alpha #9832
>>>
>>> So I did a retest how Unicode characters are displayed.
>>>
>>>
>>> Display Unicode symbols broken
>>> ------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> I wanted to choose a font from the platform
>>>
>>>    Cmd-K (Alt-K) and go to the (equally new) "More (non-portable)
>>> Fonts..." entry
>>>
>>> The choice for "More (non-portable) Fonts..." is not available.
>>>
>>>
>>> Then I did
>>>   TTFileDescription installFamilyNamed: 'Arial'.
>>> as mentioned in the readme file.
>>>
>>> The evaluation of
>>>  603 asCharacter
>>>
>>> displays a box instead of a Latin Small Letter Open E
>>>
>>>
>>> After switching to Russian with
>>>  Locale switchToID: (LocaleID isoLanguage: 'ru').
>>>
>>>  16r411 asCharacter
>>>
>>> is displayed as a box as well. It should be the Cyrillic capital letter Be
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> Hannes
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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