[PD] More Text Strangeness

[timon]

Thanks for advice, I will dig into PyText. Have used it some before  
but remember getting stuck. Any newbie intro would be appreciated.
Still doesnt explain how the same character can be displayed inside  
PD with two different results in GEM.

Timon.

On 5 Dec 2006, at 17:51, Georg Holzmann wrote:

> Hallo!
>
>> 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.
>
> You can make your text-processing e.g. in python (and open the text  
> files there - so they can be UTF-8).
>
> Then you use the pyext external, give out the symbol with your non  
> ASCII characters and directly set the text in [text3d] ...
>
> That's the way it worked for me,
> LG
> Georg
>

> 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
>