[OSM-talk] fonts feature for josm and potlach

[Andrew Errington]

On Tue, November 3, 2009 12:38, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> hi,
>
> apart from the supported languages, there is no way at present to see
> what is entered when using, for example, Indian scripts to enter names of
> features in JOSM. All we can see is little boxes. I have tried out other
> java applications, and by selecting the correct font, I am able to see the
> output. If JOSM had a feature whereby one can select the font for input,
> it would be a great help.
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It sounds like there is something not quite right on your machine, or
perhaps the way Java is set up.  I run JOSM on Linux and I have Korean
fonts and a Korean text input method.  I can view Korean strings, and
enter and edit them with no problem whatsoever.  I can enter English and
Korean on the same line, even.

I suggest you look at what fonts you have installed.  Clearly you have one
that includes Indian characters.  Perhaps JOSM's font selector is using a
font that does not have Indian characters.

Since I haven't had this problem I'm not sure what causes it, or the
solution, but that's where I would start.

HTH,

Andrew