[Openstreetmap-dev] applet developments - interface prototype

[Tom Carden]

Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Tom Carden wrote:
> 
>>I've uploaded another test editing applet.  It's still not working on OSM
>>data, but it's cute.  This time you can type directly onto lines. (You can
>>guess where this is headed).
>>
>>http://www.tom-carden.co.uk/p5/osm_lines_text/applet/
> 
> 
> Super! But what about non-ASCII letters like åäö?  

Good point.

> (Needless to 
> say, you should use Unicode for this, to include Chinese etc.)

Sure.  It's just Java Strings internally, and I think they're UTF-8 by 
default.

> Is it a charset problem or a font problem?
> 

Almost certainly a font problem. Processing handles fonts in a funny way 
(as little bitmaps - fast but clumsy).

I'm probably planning on implementing this in Java2d when I'm done 
experimenting, so the font rendering should be a bit sharper (and 
exporting to vector formats like SVG will be free).

Thanks for trying it.

Tom.