[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Actually, the glyph for code point 20b8 is missing also, which is a new currency symbol also, but I am not suppprting it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstani_tenge On Jun 21, 8:28 am, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > While we are on the topic of missing glyphs -- are there plans for > adding the ne

[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
While we are on the topic of missing glyphs -- are there plans for adding the new symbol for Indian Rupee, code point 20B9? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_rupee_sign It's probably the only currency glyph still missing from Android and since my app deals with currencies, it's now displaying a

[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Yahel
As Zsolt and Kostya already told you Android won't have a font that includes such special characters. The one you seem to want to use looks like a printer thingy. If you are trying to use unicode characters as icons then you'd better start using Pngs for your icons. Including a font that would hol

[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
That glyph isn't even in standard Windows fonts, so I'd say, no, the Android font won't have it. There is an app called Unicode Map, and it shows the square. So you are out of luck. If you want to display it, you will need to use your own font. On Jun 20, 8:51 pm, dashman wrote: > > Maybe bec

Re: [android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Kostya Vasilyev
Ok, maybe I am an imbecile, but it looks like a box to me on that page. And here too: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2399/index.htm -- Kostya 2011/6/20 dashman > > Maybe because it IS a box? > > > > i'm not an imbecile...at least yet. > > http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/misc

[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread dashman
> Maybe because it IS a box? > i'm not an imbecile...at least yet. http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/miscellaneous_technical.html any help on unicode glyphs available on androids. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To pos

[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
In any case, most likely the Droid font doesn't include a glyph for that code point. On Jun 20, 8:31 pm, Zsolt Vasvari wrote: > Maybe because it IS a box? > > http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2399/index.htm > > On Jun 20, 8:25 pm, dashman wrote: > > > > > i'm setting some text in

[android-developers] Re: textview and unicode

2011-06-20 Thread Zsolt Vasvari
Maybe because it IS a box? http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/2399/index.htm On Jun 20, 8:25 pm, dashman wrote: > i'm setting some text into textview > > .setText( "\u2399" ); > > not working - shows up as a box. > > help! -- You received this message because you are subscribed