Re[2]: Character Encoding / Fonts
Hello Dierk, Tuesday, October 30, 2001, 2:52:37 PM, you wrote: DH> for the time being you will have to work with either FixedSys or DH> another Thai font you may find on the Internet - as long as it is a DH> fixed pitch font. Ah yes of course...! I remember fiddling around with fixed-spaced Thai fonts years ago on software which required monospaced fonts. Anyway, I found a fairly good Thai courier replacement which looks pretty good in Latin text as well. I found it at: http://software.thai.net/tis-620/courierthai.html The only minor drawback when displaying English text using this font is that the line spacing is a bit wider, which is something also most of the Thai standard Windows fonts do. (Except for Tahoma which I prefer for that reason) Just like the Fixedsys font however, it doesn't display the Thai vowels which appear above or below the consonant all that well. I guess there is just no way around that; all monospaced fonts of course skip the same space after every character. DH> BTW, yours is the first sensible use for proportional fonts in e-mail DH> I ever saw ... even if it is "only" for cosmetic purposes. :-) I loved TB the moment I saw the default font was Courier. :-) When it comes to Thai text, it's more than just cosmetic though; for the occaisional Thai email I can live with odd spaces in the text, however I think a Thai person who is used to perfectly spaced text in Outlook (curses!) would think twice before switching to TB. "Fo r exa mple ima gine you r te xt loo ki ng li ke this." That's pretty much the effect when you try to write Thai with Fixedsys and other monospaced Thai fonts. Cheers, Han. +--+ | Han Thomas 25/1 Moo 2 Pa Bong, Saraphee| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]Chiang Mai 50140 THAILAND | +--+ -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
Re[2]: Character Encoding / Fonts
Hello Jernej, On Tuesday, October 30, 2001, 2:39:24 PM, you wrote some things about "Character Encoding / Fonts" to which I would like to add the following: HT>> Is there a way to use variable pitch fonts in The Bat (Tahoma would be a HT>> good choice), and is there a way to quickly switch without having to change HT>> the font in the editor preferences for the whole program? Ideally, I would HT>> just switch the encoding from 'Latin' to 'Thai', where Thai would be HT>> defined as using the Tahoma font. JS> The Bat! can use variable pitch fonts only in the latest beta versions JS> (with the RTF viewer). You can get them from the "beta-testers only JS> area" of the site. Note, that it's slower than normal viewer, and JS> still has some issues. Ok, I'll try that.. I don't receive *that* many emails in Thai anyway, and my current e-mail software (Forte Agent) doesn't show it fully automatic either. Normally I try to stay as far away from HTML/RTF in email as I can spit it.. I assume this RTF mode can be switched off easily when it's not needed? Basically all I need is to temporarily switch to a font like Tahoma, only when doing stuff in Thai language. The Thai encoding in The Bat! already seems to work; if I write "ÀÒÉÒä·Â" and encode this message as 'Thai (Windows-874)' then a recipient using for example Outlook (curses!) sees it in Thai just fine. JS> BTW: you may try to edit the registry, and manually change fonts, but JS> the results are usually very ugly :) :-] Evil Grin... :) Cheers, Han. +--+ | Han Thomas 25/1 Moo 2 Pa Bong, Saraphee| | [EMAIL PROTECTED]Chiang Mai 50140 THAILAND | +--+ -- Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ: http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
