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
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