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OPEN  Bug report #938  -  Non-ASCII char issues when trying to render a Text Layer
Posted Jan 15, 2016 - updated Jan 16, 2016
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    fprat
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    Rendering
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Issue description
This image is quite self-explaining:

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And more details can be found in this forum discussion: Encoding issues in a Text Layer.

The key point is that I can't make my Synfig Studio installation correctly render non-ASCII chars in a Text Layer.

Context:

  • Synfig 1.0.2.
  • Windows 7.
  • Not using Cairo.


When I create a Text Layer, I can enter non-ASCII chars that are shown OK in both the Parameters panel & the floating Text Paragraph window.

However, the rendering is done as if the Text parameter value is UTF8-encoded but the renderer doesn't decode it that way.

The incorrect rendering happens in at least three different contexts:

  • In the canvas window.
  • In File > Preview...
  • In File > Render... to an FLV file.
Steps to reproduce this issue
  1. Create a new Synfig document.
  2. Create a Text Layer in it.
  3. Enter, for instance, Camión as its Text parameter value.
  4. Look at how the Text Layer is shown in the canvas window: the ó is rendered as ó instead.

#2
Comment posted by
fprat
Jan 15, 18:57
Just in case this info may be useful, I've found out that Cairo-based rendering treats non-ASCII chars OK... although it poses different problems. smileys/4.png
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