On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 05:10:08PM +0100, Dr. Markus Waldeck wrote: > > yes. TrueType fonts might not have this limitation, but bitmap > > fonts have only the XDrawString16 interface to write characters. > > xterm is translating codes outside 0-0xffff to the replacement > > character. > > > > (I should investigate this further - thanks for the reminder) > > Thank you for the answer! > > Unfortunately there is no XDrawString32 :-(
yes - but TrueType fonts use a different interface, which apparently does not have the same limitation (that's how xfd is able to display the font). I might have noticed this earlier, but was unfamiliar with fonts using codes past 0xffff. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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