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UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char #224782 18/08/10 02:15 PM
P Panarchy
Panarchy P	Hello When I updated to 7.1, the first feature I tested was Unicode. Certain UNICODE symbols work, ie; δ [Greek letter: Delta] However, certain other symbols, such as → [Material implication, used specifically in Mathematical Propositional Logic], show up as a black-square in the 'typing bar', however the correct symbol is shown within the 'chat window'. Please fix this bug in your next release. Thanks in advance, Chip D. Panarchy

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char #224784 18/08/10 03:53 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,061 MA, USA R Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood R Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,061 MA, USA	The edit line that you're referring to is controlled by Windows, I believe. That means that Windows is determining what to show or not show. You may need to install something to get full functionality of Unicode from Windows. If you're on XP, there's a language pack that you'll need. If you're on Vista or 7, I think that's installed by default. Maybe someone else knows what you'll need to make it work.

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char #224790 18/08/10 06:49 PM
Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,630 H hixxy Hoopy frood
hixxy Hoopy frood H Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,630	I'm inclined to agree with Riamus here. I'm on Win7 and that character works fine..

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char hixxy #224820 19/08/10 12:26 PM
E EdLoach
EdLoach E	I'm on Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate with mIrc 7.1 and I was going to report the same issue (except with character ♥ ) until I found this topic. So I looked again. Changing View, Font from the default of FixedSys to something like Consolas or Courier New resolved the problem for me (I'm still searching available fixed width fonts/sizes/regular or bold to see which combination I like best). Edit: annoyingly, having discovered the above, I clicked "Use default" to switch me back to the default settings, and it now works with FixedSys as well. Edit 2: although only until I minimised and restored. Last edited by EdLoach; 19/08/10 12:35 PM.

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char #224821 19/08/10 12:38 PM
M MeStinkBAD
MeStinkBAD M	Is the character showing up now, in the browser? If it shows up in the browser on the same OS you run miRC, it's not the OS.

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char #224829 19/08/10 06:04 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	There is also Fixedsys Excelsior, a Unicode version of the popular Fixedsys font: http://www.fixedsysexcelsior.com/

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char argv0 #224830 19/08/10 07:07 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 120 The Netherlands S STING Vogon poet
STING Vogon poet S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 120 The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: argv0 There is also Fixedsys Excelsior, a Unicode version of the popular Fixedsys font: http://www.fixedsysexcelsior.com/ Finally, thanks for the tip!

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char STING #224831 19/08/10 07:31 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada A argv0 Hoopy frood
argv0 Hoopy frood A Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,641 Montreal, QC, Canada	Finally? It's been around since 2004. The last release was 2007, which almost predates mIRC's support for unicode.

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char STING #224832 19/08/10 07:35 PM
Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,061 MA, USA R Riamus2 Hoopy frood
Riamus2 Hoopy frood R Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 8,061 MA, USA	As argv0 said, and also this has been mentioned multiple times over the past month. It isn't something people are trying to hide.

Re: UNICODE Errors - Black squares shown instead !char argv0 #224839 19/08/10 08:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 120 The Netherlands S STING Vogon poet
STING Vogon poet S Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 120 The Netherlands	Originally Posted By: argv0 Finally? It's been around since 2004. The last release was 2007, which almost predates mIRC's support for unicode. I said finally, because I posted a topic regarding fonts some weeks ago and never got a satisfactory response, and this font is perfect

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