Posted by ClaudeQC on Jul 24, 2011; 2:51pm
URL: https://forum.librecad.org/Accent-support-on-fonts-tp4627948p4628071.html


On 24/07/2011 09:50, R. van Twisk [via LibreCAD] wrote:

 >
 > On Jul 24, 2011, at 8:35 AM, ClaudeQC [via LibreCAD] wrote:
 >
 >>
 >> Extracted from Sourceforge bug tracker
 >>
(https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3374293&group_id=342582&atid=1433844): 

 >>
<https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3374293&group_id=342582&atid=1433844):>
 >>
 >> >
 >> > Claude,
 >> >
 >> > to show these characters you need to select the normallattin2 stickfont.
 >> > Not all fonts have these characters like ñ è etc, but normallattin2 has
 >> > them.
 >> >
 >> > This patch was one day supplied for QCad by Dionysos and the forum message
 >> > can be found here :
 >> >
 >>
http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=b7ffb69bddac5442f02d926a570fd9ce 

 >>
<http://www.qcad.org/rsforum/viewtopic.php?t=853&sid=b7ffb69bddac5442f02d926a570fd9ce>
 >> >
 >> > This is a well known issue within LibreCAD/QCad and most users know to use
 >> > the normallatin2 stickfont.
 >> >
 >> > Ries
 >> >
 >>
 >>
 >> Hello Ries,
 >>
 >> Interesting.
 >>
 >> - Wondering why the above mentioned patch was not done on the "standard"
 >> font, since in AutoCAD/IntelliCAD, "STANDARD" font do support
 >> text with accent, and "standard" font is more prone to use than
 >> "normallatin2".
 >>
 >>
 >> Claude
 >>
 >
 > Claude,
 >
 > I don't know the history of this patch so I only know that normallatin2 was
 > modified.
 >
 > In filterdxf we do something like this:
 >
 > if (sty=="simplex") {
 > sty="normallatin2";
 > }
 >
 > Should we add STANDARD to that aswell?
 > or may be better, what if we 'alias' standard to normallatin2?
 >
 > Ries
 >

- I am puzzled about that issue...

- Since "standard" font seems to exist in LibreCAD as in AutoCAD, I think
   that we have to keep it, and patch it to add accents support (later).
   This way, LibreCAD will truly support "standard" font.


Claude