for Netscape 6.x
1. we know we have some bug in NCR and UTF-8 conversion. We are fixing
them now.
2. we know our linux/window/mac text rending code do not take care of
Plane 1 yet. We plan to fix the window version in the near future.
Please contact shanjian@netscape.com if you can help (providing
information where to find a font, how to install, how to test, etc)
Otto Stolz wrote:
> Tex Texin had written:
>
>> IE likes plane 1 characters only as NCRs (&#xXXXXX;).
>
>
>
> Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
>
>> for Opera 6.0 it makes no difference how you encode the characters.
>
>
>> They can be NCRs, encoded in UTF-8, or encoded in UTF-16.
>
>
> I have tested three browsers with the example page
> <http://www.geocities.com/i18nguy/unicode-example-plane1.html>,
> which comprises NCRs of plane 1 characters.
>
> I have used Windows XP Professional Version 5.1 [German] (Build
> 2600.xpclient.010817-1148). I had installed the Code2001 font,
> and set the three registry keys described in that example page.
>
> Results:
>
> - MS Internet Explorer 6.0.2600.0000.xpclient.010817-1148 [German]:
> All plane-1 characters are displayed, in the correct writing
> direction.
>
> - Opera version 6.0, Build 101 [German] without Java support:
> The plane-1 characters are not correctly displayed;
> rather, a row of boxes is displayed (only recognizable in
> 120% zoom, or larger). There are roughly (but not exactly)
> 2 boxes per plane-1 character, viz:
> "Rasna" -> 12 boxes, "Aulesi" -> 15 boxes, "Metelis" -> 13 boxes
> (judging from the word separator, which is displayed correctly);
> "Utah","Brigham", "Young", "žizai", "žiudangardjai", "žize",
> "Gutane", and "Wulfila" all have exactly twice as many boxes as
> there are characters in these words.
> The writing direction is correct.
>
> - Netscape 6.2 [English]:
> The Deseret characters are replaced with Cyrillic ones;
> the Etruscan and Gothic words are replaced with some
> unrecognicable blots (possibly some glyphs overlayed).
> The writing direction is correct.
>
> This means that Opera 6.0 does not display plane-1 characters, in
> all environments.
>
> On the Opera download pages, I could not find anything dubbed "6.01b".
>
> Best wishes,
> Otto Stolz
>
>
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