2702NET kindly wrote: >Kerry, > >Cool beans. I've tested since writing and found that the TrueType fonts >I need at the moment seem to work fine. >Also discovered that previous "problems" I had with TrueType fonts were >actually "code page issues" as you >describe them. > >What's happening on OS X with support for most available fonts in most >available languages? How do they do that? Are they using Unicode...
The OS uses Unicode. But Director MX on Mac OS doesn't :-( >is it a benefit of using the PDF technology for display? How do they >work it so you can switch easily between various >localizations on the same machine? Unicode is unicode and there are fonts installed that support Japanese and Korean and Chinese. And these will be the standard system fonts if you set your locale to any of these languages. >Little OT, I admit (sorry Tab!) - >but may directly influence the Lingo wrangling I do >on these next few projects - and how I address these kinds of issues >cross-platform. No. Director doesn't use Unicode. So that doesn't help you. -- mare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.peghole.com (Xtras, multimedia and games programming/consulting) [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
