Sidney* Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Its seems important to be able to insert and use special characters in text, as much of the graphics from Paint.net are used on web pages, etc. When I try to cut & paste text with special chacters it substitutes things like â for ®. Or did I overlook this feature? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 You didn't say where you're copying the special characters from, so I don't know what to tell you. It generally depends on which font(s) you're using, because we support the full Unicode range of text characters. I've seen people use Paint.NET to put Japanes and Arabic text on to images, two languages that are completely alien in input methods compared to English. I just tried pasting your 'â' from this forum post and it showed up perfectly in Paint.NET. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney* Posted September 6, 2005 Author Share Posted September 6, 2005 Ohhhhhhhh Was using Verdana or Tahoma in MS Word 2K. I'll try Arial, and others. Can I originate special characters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney* Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 Testâtest This is what's displayed instead of the ® Registered symbol. Will this feature be fixed? Is it being considered? Is there any way I can use symbols in the mean time? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 It depends on the font you're using, Sidney, nothing else. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidney* Posted September 7, 2005 Author Share Posted September 7, 2005 Rick Fonts like Arial or Times Roman for example do not nesessarily contain special characters like ®, ©, etc., but fonts like "Symbols" contain all special characters. I think the need to insert special characters would be best served by an "Insert", "symbol", as used in MS Word. The core issue may be that Paint.net won't allow multiple fonts in a single line/string. This would explain this problem for you, as the ® symbol for example is from the "Symbols" font... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 Then that's a different issue, and is one we're aware of. Our text editing facilities are currently quite rudimentary and we are planning to upgrade them. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brewster Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 ... and hopefully we'll be upgrading them in time for the v2.2, I should add. The Paint.NET Blog: https://blog.getpaint.net/ Donations are always appreciated! https://www.getpaint.net/donate.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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