What's the best way to show any unicode character?

alexzheng · November 2012

I can achieve that by add a ttf file from windows to the gideros project, for example,STXINWEI.TTF,but it seems a little Heavyweight,the size of file is 3.8 M. any better way?

By the way, gideros can not show many characters,it show a black rectangle on windows player.

ar2rsawseen · November 2012

Unfortunately, I think when using TTFont it all depends on font. you have.
Other way could be using BitmapFont and drawing all your needed characters there.

alexzheng · November 2012

I mean any OS include some fonts that support some language,why can't gideros let us choose these fonts instead of include a ttf in our package?

atilim · November 2012

I mean any OS include some fonts that support some language,why can't gideros let us choose these fonts instead of include a ttf in our package?

Because at least iOS doesn't allow me to access the raw font data on the system.

By the way, gideros can not show many characters,it show a black rectangle on windows player.

Does this problem also occur on Gideros Font Creator? Because player and font creator use the same method to display ttfonts.

alexzheng · November 2012

No, on Gideros Font Creator, I can input lots of chinese characters.

alexzheng · November 2012

So, the only way to using these fonts is native control?
Do you have any plane to add some very very basic native controls, such as label for show text, textfield for user input?

atilim · November 2012

A simple test works on my side. Can you send an example?

atilim · November 2012

So, the only way to using these fonts is native control?

yes.

Do you have any plane to add some very very basic native controls, such as label for show text, textfield for user input?

There is already a TextInputDialog (as a modal dialog) but no native labels. I usually try to avoid putting native UI elements on top of OpenGL view.

alexzheng · November 2012

A simple test works on my side. Can you send an example?

try to continue to add more characters

alexzheng · November 2012

The TextInputDialog is not customizable enough.
For example, it can not used for login or register.

alexzheng · November 2012

For a very basic online social game, login ,register, show any unicode string and input area for chat are essential

atilim · November 2012

try to continue to add more characters

Can you paste a simple Chinese text as an example?

The TextInputDialog is not customizable enough.
For example, it can not used for login or register.

hmm why not? (you can accept passwords with TextInputDialog).

atilim · November 2012

hmm.. yes.. chat would be troublesome

alexzheng · November 2012

有子曰：“其为人也孝悌而好犯上者，鲜矣。不好犯上而好作乱者，未之有也。君子务本，本立而道生。孝悌也者，其为仁之本与？”

this is long enough to show a block rectange on my player.

alexzheng · November 2012

The TextInputDialog is not customizable enough.
For example, it can not used for login or register.
hmm why not? (you can accept passwords with TextInputDialog).

Do you mean for a registe action, show TextInputDialog three or more times for input name, password, nick name and so on?

ar2rsawseen · November 2012

@alexzheng
you can create three button like input username, input password, etc. You can even stylish these buttons as textfields and display inserted information in them.

alexzheng · November 2012

@alexzheng
you can create three button like input username, input password, etc. You can even stylish these buttons as textfields and display inserted information in them.

What's that mean?

ar2rsawseen · November 2012

@alexzheng I meant you create a textfield image with and without focus.
Then create Button object using Button class (putting simple textfield image as upstate and focused as downstate) and on click event create TextInput dialog to get needed information.
Inside textInput on complete event you take that text and put it on the Button, so it looks like it's inserted in it.

Well that's all if you wish to make impression of textinput elements.

But I'd say simple buttons with labels as name, password etc are quite enough.

atilim · November 2012

@alexzheng - and to see a real example of what @ar2rsawseen said, download Draw Something (Free) and go to the settings page.

And about block rectangle, maybe you hit the texture size limit. Try to lower the font size or subdivide your lines.

alexzheng · November 2012

Thanks! @ar2rsawseen and @atilim.

That's a good idea.

alexzheng · November 2012

@alexzheng - and to see a real example of what @ar2rsawseen said, download Draw Something (Free) and go to the settings page.

This is a very addictive game.I played it to deep night.
I wonder how can the eraser be implemented in gideros?

The method come to my mind is very simple but poor, just draw white lines.

Any better idea?

Nascode · November 2012

@alexzheng - and to see a real example of what @ar2rsawseen said, download Draw Something (Free) and go to the settings page.
This is a very addictive game.I played it to deep night.
I wonder how can the eraser be implemented in gideros?

The method come to my mind is very simple but poor, just draw white lines.

Any better idea?

Future feature: Render to Texture or Pixel Access

?

alexzheng · November 2012

@atilim, would you mind add an option of limit of the input number of characters in TextInputDialog?

unlying · January 2013

Is there any solution to display really many different charecters from different languages? May be a font that has latin, chinese, japanese, korean, cyrillic?
My game has Highscore table with nicknames. So chinese and other same characters doesn't shows. Isn't still any solution to access system fonts?

alexzheng · January 2013

I'm afraid not yet.
and it's also not easy to show a lot of characters.

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