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#1 2008-10-31 03:14:33
- markk
- Steve
- Registered: 2008-10-31
- Posts: 3
is there a non english character set support?
Hi guys, I am trying to use FLIR on a wordpress site using the wordpress plugin. The text that I wish to replace is in hebrew (from an otf font file which contains the hebrew characters) , but all I get in firefox is a kind of gibrish, haven't tried IE. Does it suppose to work? and if so how can i debug this problem?
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#2 2008-10-31 11:54:05
Re: is there a non english character set support?
It should work. I've tried with hebrew, korean, and japanese characters before without a problem.
It is probably that you are using an otf font. PHP/GD only supports a-Z characters in .otf files...
You could try using the FancyFonts plugin which uses ImageMagick to generate the images instead of PHP/GD, or you could convert the font to a ttf.
To use FancyFonts you must have ImageMagick installed on your server (preferably >=6.3) and then set your path in config-flir.php.
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#3 2008-10-31 14:36:38
- markk
- Steve
- Registered: 2008-10-31
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Re: is there a non english character set support?
Thanks cory, gona try it.
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#4 2008-11-16 00:59:45
Re: is there a non english character set support?
The latest version of the plugin support FancyFonts and configuring your ImageMagick path as well.
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#5 2009-06-09 11:10:07
- iggyfred
- Steve
- Registered: 2008-08-26
- Posts: 5
Re: is there a non english character set support?
I am having a similar problem with very standard portuguese accented characters from a Helvetica Neue pfm font file using the php/gd system. Is this the same issue and if so is anyone aware of a good free pfm->ttf converter. Or even a good cheap one?
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#6 2009-06-12 17:50:31
Re: is there a non english character set support?
iggyfred wrote:
I am having a similar problem with very standard portuguese accented characters from a Helvetica Neue pfm font file using the php/gd system. Is this the same issue and if so is anyone aware of a good free pfm->ttf converter. Or even a good cheap one?
Check out FontForge. It is capable of converting fonts but can sometimes be a bit of a pain to get going. There is also a version of the commercially available CrossFont floating around on a certain large, to-be-unnamed BitTorrent tracker if you're into that sort of thing. Otherwise it's $50.
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#7 2009-06-26 11:57:39
- iggyfred
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- Registered: 2008-08-26
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Re: is there a non english character set support?
Coo, fontforge does look fun to install. I downloaded a 15 day trial version of crossfont and converted the font from pfm->otf but crossfont does not have any option to convert to ttf. The otf version of the font suffers the same problems as the pfm version. Is it likely that the original file just does not contain enough information to convert to ttf or am I missing something obvious in crossfont?
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#8 2009-06-26 12:52:37
Re: is there a non english character set support?
I don't remember exactly how I did it but I'm pretty sure you have to do two conversions :/
Do pfm->otf and then otf->ttf. Also, It has been reported elsewhere that otf fonts work with FreeType 2.3.5. I'm not sure about any other versions.
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