display unicode char in textbox

Hey all,

I wanted to create a program that would mix regular text and unicode charters in a "output" textbox

the problem i run into is that when i display charters in unicode they just show up as blocks?

is this a limitation of the textbox or is it a font issue?

if its a font issue is there a font that supports unicode charters ( and are unicode charters universal across fonts? ie is an upside down ? the same unicode in one font as another?


thanks

Crash

i don't see anything wrong with the code you posted.

It could be a font issue, what font are you using? Of course, I dont know if there are fonts that supports all unicode letters, seeing as they're extremely many. And yes, an upside down questionmark would be the same unicode value on every font that supports it, if not, the font is faulty.

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Originally Posted by dbasnett

i don't see anything wrong with the code you posted.

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thanks for looking at it anyway


basically i'm trying to flip the text upside down

z ʎ x ʍ ʌ n ʇ s ɹ b d o u ɯ l ʞ ɾ ı ɥ ƃ ɟ ǝ p ɔ q ɐ

like so

to do so i have a sub that steps through each char of the input textbox.text
then a sub that gets feed one char at a time and returns the upside down charter

the problem is that when i set the upsidedown string to the textbox.text i get alot of blank squares


I will post the resolution here if i figure it out ( which font i need)

I've tried using the VS default font MS Sans Serif and it worked alright.

it could be an encoding problem. characters that can't be decoded get turned into ?

but without code it is just guesswork.

Got it

I set the font to "Lucida Sans Unicode, 8.25pt"