A question about fonts

My last couple of releases of the LotR files have included accented
characters. I've just had a report that the accents are not working
properly. However, they appear correct on both of my machines (2000,
XP). So, first, has anyone else had a problem with this? And second, does
the user have any control over fonts in CV, or is the code hard-wired to
use a particular font?

Mark.


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I have a Win2K machine at home, and they do not work.

Likewise my machine at work.

Smeagol, Old Noser (promo card) looks fine, but Smeagol - Old Noser (HD card)
has a double set of characters instead of the e... the second being a copyright
symbol.

--- Mark Perneta <turing2@rcn.com> wrote:
> My last couple of releases of the LotR files have included accented
> characters. I've just had a report that the accents are not working
> properly. However, they appear correct on both of my machines (2000,
> XP). So, first, has anyone else had a problem with this? And second, does
> the user have any control over fonts in CV, or is the code hard-wired to
> use a particular font?
>
> Mark.
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one thing I always found weird in Cardvault is that I cannot write
the "@" character. I always have to write it in notepad and copy it
to CV (when installing a new version, for example)

I'm using Swiss German keyboard.


--- Kuni Tetsu <kuni_tetsu@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a Win2K machine at home, and they do not work.
>
> Likewise my machine at work.
>
> Smeagol, Old Noser (promo card) looks fine, but Smeagol - Old Noser
> (HD card)
> has a double set of characters instead of the e... the second being
> a copyright
> symbol.
>
> --- Mark Perneta <turing2@rcn.com> wrote:
> > My last couple of releases of the LotR files have included
> accented
> > characters. I've just had a report that the accents are not
> working
> > properly. However, they appear correct on both of my machines
> (2000,
> > XP). So, first, has anyone else had a problem with this? And
> second, does
> > the user have any control over fonts in CV, or is the code
> hard-wired to
> > use a particular font?
> >
> > Mark.
> >
> >
> >
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> > cardvault-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
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[rob]

Card Vault uses two hard-wired fonts to ensure that the product runs
smoothly on all systems. Specifically, those are Arial and Times New Roman
- the two fonts that are always guaranteed to appear on every Windows system.

Most likely, the problem is that you are trying to convert double-byte
characters to single-byte characters. CV operates exclusively with the ANSI
character set, which is single-byte character format. The special
characters you're using are likely double-byte characters (such as Unicode)
that are not being mapped to a correct ANSI equivalent - there may not BE a
valid equivalent. This would explain why the special "e" character is
translating into TWO characters, since the two-byte character is being left
as two separate characters when converted to ANSI. If you are using VB,
Excel, and/or Access (I believe you are), then you ought to be able to
manage this conversion with some appropriate tweaking on your end.

Hope this helps,
Rob

At 07:20 AM 4/15/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> My last couple of releases of the LotR files have included accented
>characters. I've just had a report that the accents are not working
>properly. However, they appear correct on both of my machines (2000,
>XP). So, first, has anyone else had a problem with this? And second, does
>the user have any control over fonts in CV, or is the code hard-wired to
>use a particular font?
>
> Mark.


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[rob]

We had a user in Spain complain about this when using the Spanish keyboard.
I have NO idea why this is occurring. CV doesn't do anything special.
Whatever character the user enters ought to be accepted. There's no reason
for CV to ignore certain characters, especially the '@' character, which is
a standard (i.e. lower 128) character in the ANSI character set.

Is it possible that your system is configured to use something other than
the standard ANIS character set? Or that your keyboard is configured in
some way that the ANSI set isn't being mapped correctly? I would think this
would impact Notepad as well, so it's unlikely but still feasible. [Note:
I'm just taking wild guesses here.]

Thanks, Rob

At 08:17 AM 4/15/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>one thing I always found weird in Cardvault is that I cannot write
>the "@" character. I always have to write it in notepad and copy it
>to CV (when installing a new version, for example)
>
>I'm using Swiss German keyboard.


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