[PD] text2d for japanese, persan and other languages

[IOhannes m zmoelnig]

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Renaud RUBIANO wrote:
> 
> I hav to send the string from another soft in OSC?

no

> Which soft ?

no

> 
> if you have any clue...

no :)

have a look at http://lists.puredata.info/search/PD-list?query=string+text3d

the trick is to convert your string into a list of unicode values
(integers). (actually the values are not unicode but the glyph-id within
the font; but usually this can be assumed to be unicode)

for experimenting, this might be a good start:

[nbx\  <- drag the number from 0..65535
|
[string $1(
|
[text3d]


fmasdr
IOhannes


oh, and is there a special reason to use [text2d] rather than [text3d]?
the latter usually performs better...