Hi,

I'm trying to use StarDict with some dictionaries which use IPA glyphs in the articles. Doing that I noticed, that those glyphs are displayed as little boxes with the respective code point number in it.

It's not the application itself since loading a text file containing such codes (encoded as UTF-8) into the editor gives the same result. On the other hand I know that the fonts (e.g. Vera Sans) contains these glyphs and programs on the PC running Ubuntu show them.

So is there a known bug or is there somehow a restriction put on the abilities of Maemo?

Thanks,
Robert

The fonts on the devices are not complete to save space. The boxes simply mean that no appropriate character was found in any font. You can add missing fonts, though.
The font rendering system used on the tablets is the same as on Ubuntu (pango), so the support is there.

I must admit that I tested the rendering with several applications on Ubuntu and in Scratchbox configured to use Bitstream Vera. And there it works.
But it doesn't on Windows or Maemo. I'm inclined to believe the system just renders glyphs unavailable in one font with another.

Uploading DejaVu and Lucida Sans Unicode to my tablet and using this font, displaying the most weird glyphs. Unfortunately both fonts run very wide and use up much space. So I'm what's left again is Arial and Times New from Windows ...

BTW, is there a way to configure font sizes not listed in the drop down? I see 12pt and 16pt but 14pt would be perfect.

Thanks,
Robert