Hi Scott,
Scott Rossi wrote:
>
> I am continuing to develop a cross-platform/cross-language stack and have
> run into a font issue (surprise, surprise)...
>
> There are several software packages for Windows that allow you to view
> double-byte characters (I'm using Chinese) anywhere text data is displayed
> onscreen: in a text reader, in a browser, etc. This includes text fields in
> MetaCard. It's a good option for viewing non-English text on English
> systems.
>
> The problem I have is between platforms. On Windows, in order to set the
> point size of the Chinese text, the textFont apparently needs to be set to
> something that resides on the system, such as Arial, Times, etc. On a
> MacOS, it appears that the font name needs to be set specifically to a font
> from the Chinese language kit, otherwise, the font displays as garbled Roman
> characters.
>
> I'm wondering if there's a way to specify NO font for fields, or a default
> font? Am I going to have to programmatically go through every field upon
> opening a card to change the textFont property depending on the platform?
>
> Hoping someone has a solution...
>
Normally, fields and other objects inherit their owners' text properties
as long as they don't have a setting of their own. For "the textFont",
that means keeping it set to the default "none" (if you use the dev env
GUI) or empty (if you do it via a script). If you set the textFont of
the STACK to Chinese, is the text of the stack's objects presented in
the Chinese font? That's what I would expect.
FWIW.
Phil
> Thanks & Regards,
>
> Scott
>
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