Bug 6311 - Uppercase characters cropped
: Uppercase characters cropped
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Product: SB Controller
Classification: Unclassified
Component: UI
: unspecified
: PC Windows XP
: P2 major (vote)
: 7.0
Assigned To: Richard Titmuss
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Reported: 2007-12-10 15:12 UTC by Michael Herger
Modified: 2008-05-15 13:00 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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A badly displayed menu item (47.51 KB, image/jpeg)
2007-12-10 15:13 UTC, Michael Herger
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Description Michael Herger 2007-12-10 15:12:22 UTC
In the German translation there are several menu items which start with an uppercase umlaut. These characters are cropped, thus displaying as the non accented character. I consider this a major problem, as this usually is the result of _very_ cheap translations. This would provoke bad reviews in the German press.
Comment 1 Michael Herger 2007-12-10 15:13:56 UTC
Created attachment 2493 [details]
A badly displayed menu item

This should be "Überblendung", not "Uberblendung". I don't know whether the character is missing from the font or whether it's cropped at the top.
Comment 2 Richard Titmuss 2007-12-11 05:51:45 UTC
This is an SDL_ttf problem, using the SDL_ttf test program with:
  ./showfont -utf8 ../freefont-debian/FreeSansBold.ttf 16 "Überblendung"

The umlaut is missing.
Comment 3 Michael Herger 2007-12-11 06:26:03 UTC
That's a bummer. Then we should advise the translators _not_ to use any uppercase accented character. Seriously: a product which doesn't display umlauts looks cheap. As minor as this seems, it's imho a killer in any review.
Comment 4 sbjaerum 2008-01-16 09:25:44 UTC
Also a problem with Norwegian characters. For instance, Å is displayed as A.
Comment 5 Richard Titmuss 2008-01-23 15:33:39 UTC
Fixed in r1591.
Comment 6 Richard Titmuss 2008-01-23 15:53:30 UTC
Ah, I've fixed the labels but the textarea and input widgets need fixing too.
Comment 7 Michael Herger 2008-01-24 00:11:33 UTC
Looking good - Thanks!
Comment 8 Richard Titmuss 2008-01-24 03:27:26 UTC
All fixed in r1594, r1595.
Comment 9 James Richardson 2008-05-15 13:00:46 UTC
This bug has recently been fixed in the latest release of SqueezeCenter 7.0.1

Please try that version, if you still see the error, then reopen this bug.

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