> I'd think so, but it doesn't seem to be the case. In my interface for > example, I need to support Chinese simplified and traditional - and in my > tests some characters are not appearing if I just choose the traditional > level 1 support. So I need to include support for both which is like 18,000 > glyphs. For some reason traditional is 5609 glyphs and 'simplified' is > 13000+. Simple my ass.
Yeah, I was surprised at the number of characters in the Level 1 Simplified. There should be fewer--part of Mao's simplification was combining words that were pronounced the same but had different characters in traditional Chinese. For example, "hou" (4th tone) can mean "empress" or "behind", depending on the character. In traditional Chinese, there are two characters, while simplified Chinese uses just one for both. > Hmmm - a thought... maybe I can just do the 5609 and then add in missing > characters as needed. So far, there only a couple that are not showing if I > use only the level 1 support. I doubt that will work for simplified. Not only were characters combined, a lot of characters were simplified to use fewer strokes. For example, my Chinese name, Tan, is actually a combination of 3 characters (not unusual). The one on the left, called the radical, is 2 strokes in simplified Chinese, and 7 strokes in traditional. Other characters, like those for "door" and "country" also use far fewer strokes in simplified Chinese. So just using the traditional character set and filling in probably won't do it for you. You'll probably end up displaying traditional characters (actually called complicated-body characters in Chinese), which some people in Singapore and mainland China won't be able to read. It's not optimal, I know, and the file will be bigger than you want. Maybe you could have them choose the language up front, then load a swf with just the right character set embedded. Cordially, Kerry Thompson _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
