To be more specific , this is the piece of code I use to display the "Roslien font" on my message box: Typeface face = Typeface.createFromAsset(getAssets(),"fonts/ Roslien.ttf"); messageBox.setTypeface(face);
Thanking You, Regards, Srikant Aggarwal On Feb 27, 4:43 pm, Takami Labs <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Bob and Frank for your kind reponses. > > I have meanwhile sent a mail to the font provider , if he can provide > me with the info regarding the font. > 1. Whether the font use a Private Use Area > 2. If it does than which code point points it assigns its characters > to.. > > As for an input method to type them.. for each English alphabet we > have a corresponding alphabet in Roslien. I am using this property of > the font successfully to type it through the default virtual > keyboard, on to my Message Box(Edit Text). > > Thanking You, > > Regards, > Srikant Aggarwal > > On Feb 26, 11:26 pm, Bob Kerns <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The Unicode Consortium has not addressed non-human languages. Not even > > Klingon, whose script has been around for 30 years, even longer than > > Unicode! > > > But if you Google "unicode klingon", you can find how people have > > addressed this for Klingon, e.g. using the Private Use area. > > > I'd also look around for a tool to examine the content of a .TTF file, > > and identify what code points it assigns its characters to. If it does > > NOT use a Private Use area, I'd remap it so it did so. Otherwise, it > > will conflict with other characters. On the other hand, you'll also > > need an input method to type them! > > > On Feb 25, 12:37 am, Takami Labs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I have an assignment to be completed. > > > The assignment needs sms texting service facility in Roslien Font (for > > > each English alphabet we have a corresponding alphabet in Roslien, > > > something like Wingdings) for Android platform. > > > On going through the posts available on different forums in internet, > > > I observed that in order to send a different language text, I need to > > > send the sms as a unicode string. > > > The problem is, I have no clue on how to obtain the unicode string > > > for a completely new font , Roslien. > > > I have a " .ttf " file for the font which as such which contains the > > > alphabets in the language. > > > > Please help me , how do I obtain unicode string for the particular > > > font. > > > > Thanking You, > > > > Regards, > > > Srikant Aggarwal > > > Android Developer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
