<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"></head><body ><div style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>Hi folks.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am looking at the wide string for (16r000400 asCharacter to: 16r0004FF asCharacter) and I can see Russian from my house!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Very happy about this.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is the process<br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 7px; background-color: rgb(245, 245, 245);"><div><div>linux <br></div><div> download ttf font example: <a href="http://unifoundry.com/unifont/" target="_blank">http://unifoundry.com/unifont/</a><br></div><div> Copy your font files (.ttf and/or .otf) to their respective directories:<br></div><div> /usr/share/fonts/TTF<br></div><div> /usr/share/fonts/OTF<br></div><div> Run the following commands, with the directory where you copied the fonts as argument:<br></div><div> mkfontdir /usr/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF}<br></div><div> mkfontscale /usr/share/fonts/{TTF,OTF}<br></div><div> fc-cache -f -v (i do this as root and as my normal user account)<br></div><div> Restart X.<br></div><div> <br></div><div>in Squeak<br></div><div><br></div><div>Apps -> Font Importer (import the fonts into the image)<br></div><div>World menu -> Appearance -> System Fonts (blindly select one of the fonts you installed to see what sticks)<br></div></div></blockquote><div>Unfortunately, my mail client (see! now I know what to blame, yesterday, I had no clue) does not support cyrillic.<br></div><div><br></div><div>My local instance of the UnicodeRangeBrowser displays the cyrillic in the browser and my workspace displays it.<br></div><div><br></div><div>very good news!<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Ok...for UnicodeRangeBrowser...I need to expand it to keep tabs on what sticks.<br></div><div>This means I have to create forms and such so others can add information if they wish.<br></div><div>Then, for every Unicode Font Range, give instructions/fonts/steps to get things consistent from image to browser.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Then...tests....<br></div><div>It MIGHT make sense to create UnicodeFontRange specific in-image tests. i.e. loop through the characters and verify the integer = the displayed character. Maybe throw in some should: reason: 'font xyz not installed?" stuff.<br></div><div><br></div><div>anyhoo, it feels good not to be flailing around.<br></div><div><br></div><div>cheers.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>