[PD] More Text Strangeness

[timon]

Hi,

Im doing this typographic project using Gem. I need to have a  
expanded number of characters - exceeding the usual ASCII. Ran into  
some problems, first the right encoding of text file - which had to  
be UTF-8 formatted and second, a properly mapped OTF font (which is  
not straight forward when you convert from a font suitcase). Now I  
can get all characters needed into pd. But here is the strangeness.

I parse text using the Scaninavian characters æ ø å ü. It goes from  
the [textfile], via [L2S] into a symbol object. Here I can double  
check Im getting the right characters. So all god, and I parse it  
into [text3d] object. What I read in Gem window is a combination of  
characters; instead of character   å   I get   À¥  . I thought this  
could have to do with the font not being formatted correctly, but  
when I type the same character into the symbol box I get   å  - the  
right scandinavian character displaying properly in the Gem window.

So, can someone explain how I can have the same character showing in  
the symbol box  but not rendering out the same value into the  
[text3d] object (å from a text file, and å typed directly into the  
object).  If this is a little confusing Id be happy to explain more.  
Im very confused.

Thanks,
Timon