Can't get special characters to render using Open Sans font?
I have a UWP app with a text block that renders the alpha character using the Open Sans font. But the correct character is not rendered the unsupported character is...
Any ideas on how to get a UWP apps text block to render the correct font?
When I install the font into my Windows 10 machine the font renders correctly in notepad but not in my UWP app which references the same font family.
I know my UWP is rendering the correct font because I can see the difference between the don't and the default font.. The normal alpha numeric characters are rendering correctly.
Any ideas?
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asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
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I have a UWP app with a text block that renders the alpha character using the Open Sans font. But the correct character is not rendered the unsupported character is...
Any ideas on how to get a UWP apps text block to render the correct font?
When I install the font into my Windows 10 machine the font renders correctly in notepad but not in my UWP app which references the same font family.
I know my UWP is rendering the correct font because I can see the difference between the don't and the default font.. The normal alpha numeric characters are rendering correctly.
Any ideas?
uwp
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
1
Hm, a line of code to reproduce this issue would be very useful to the people who are willing to help you.
– DK.
Nov 13 at 17:58
You would need to use converter on your text block and return the new font that you need in your converter, which may fix your issue
– Venkat
Nov 13 at 19:26
add a comment |
I have a UWP app with a text block that renders the alpha character using the Open Sans font. But the correct character is not rendered the unsupported character is...
Any ideas on how to get a UWP apps text block to render the correct font?
When I install the font into my Windows 10 machine the font renders correctly in notepad but not in my UWP app which references the same font family.
I know my UWP is rendering the correct font because I can see the difference between the don't and the default font.. The normal alpha numeric characters are rendering correctly.
Any ideas?
uwp
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
I have a UWP app with a text block that renders the alpha character using the Open Sans font. But the correct character is not rendered the unsupported character is...
Any ideas on how to get a UWP apps text block to render the correct font?
When I install the font into my Windows 10 machine the font renders correctly in notepad but not in my UWP app which references the same font family.
I know my UWP is rendering the correct font because I can see the difference between the don't and the default font.. The normal alpha numeric characters are rendering correctly.
Any ideas?
uwp
uwp
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
asked Nov 13 at 16:56
visc
1,00211433
1,00211433
1
Hm, a line of code to reproduce this issue would be very useful to the people who are willing to help you.
– DK.
Nov 13 at 17:58
You would need to use converter on your text block and return the new font that you need in your converter, which may fix your issue
– Venkat
Nov 13 at 19:26
add a comment |
1
Hm, a line of code to reproduce this issue would be very useful to the people who are willing to help you.
– DK.
Nov 13 at 17:58
You would need to use converter on your text block and return the new font that you need in your converter, which may fix your issue
– Venkat
Nov 13 at 19:26
1
1
Hm, a line of code to reproduce this issue would be very useful to the people who are willing to help you.
– DK.
Nov 13 at 17:58
Hm, a line of code to reproduce this issue would be very useful to the people who are willing to help you.
– DK.
Nov 13 at 17:58
You would need to use converter on your text block and return the new font that you need in your converter, which may fix your issue
– Venkat
Nov 13 at 19:26
You would need to use converter on your text block and return the new font that you need in your converter, which may fix your issue
– Venkat
Nov 13 at 19:26
add a comment |
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I’m not sure how you render the Open Sans font in your UWP app, I recommend you add the custom font file(.ttf or etc.) into the Assets folder, then set the font with FontFamily property：
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Bold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Bold Style"/>
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-BoldItalic Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-ExtraBold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-ExtraBold Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Light Style" />
The FontFamily format is like [FontFilePath]#[FontName], note that the FontName must be “Open Sans” in my test.
You also can set it in the code behind like:
MyTextBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("/Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans");
--------------Edit---------------------------------------------------------
Please provide some code and screenshots for more details, am I misunderstand something here? What specific character does not work here? Do you mean something like "β" which is not working?
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
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I’m not sure how you render the Open Sans font in your UWP app, I recommend you add the custom font file(.ttf or etc.) into the Assets folder, then set the font with FontFamily property：
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Bold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Bold Style"/>
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-BoldItalic Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-ExtraBold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-ExtraBold Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Light Style" />
The FontFamily format is like [FontFilePath]#[FontName], note that the FontName must be “Open Sans” in my test.
You also can set it in the code behind like:
MyTextBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("/Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans");
--------------Edit---------------------------------------------------------
Please provide some code and screenshots for more details, am I misunderstand something here? What specific character does not work here? Do you mean something like "β" which is not working?
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
add a comment |
I’m not sure how you render the Open Sans font in your UWP app, I recommend you add the custom font file(.ttf or etc.) into the Assets folder, then set the font with FontFamily property：
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Bold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Bold Style"/>
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-BoldItalic Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-ExtraBold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-ExtraBold Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Light Style" />
The FontFamily format is like [FontFilePath]#[FontName], note that the FontName must be “Open Sans” in my test.
You also can set it in the code behind like:
MyTextBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("/Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans");
--------------Edit---------------------------------------------------------
Please provide some code and screenshots for more details, am I misunderstand something here? What specific character does not work here? Do you mean something like "β" which is not working?
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
add a comment |
I’m not sure how you render the Open Sans font in your UWP app, I recommend you add the custom font file(.ttf or etc.) into the Assets folder, then set the font with FontFamily property：
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Bold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Bold Style"/>
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-BoldItalic Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-ExtraBold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-ExtraBold Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Light Style" />
The FontFamily format is like [FontFilePath]#[FontName], note that the FontName must be “Open Sans” in my test.
You also can set it in the code behind like:
MyTextBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("/Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans");
--------------Edit---------------------------------------------------------
Please provide some code and screenshots for more details, am I misunderstand something here? What specific character does not work here? Do you mean something like "β" which is not working?
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
I’m not sure how you render the Open Sans font in your UWP app, I recommend you add the custom font file(.ttf or etc.) into the Assets folder, then set the font with FontFamily property：
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Bold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Bold Style"/>
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-BoldItalic.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-BoldItalic Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-ExtraBold.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-ExtraBold Style" />
<TextBlock
FontFamily="ms-appx:///Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans"
FontSize="36"
Text="Hello, this is OpenSans-Light Style" />
The FontFamily format is like [FontFilePath]#[FontName], note that the FontName must be “Open Sans” in my test.
You also can set it in the code behind like:
MyTextBlock.FontFamily = new FontFamily("/Assets/OpenSans-Light.ttf#Open Sans");
--------------Edit---------------------------------------------------------
Please provide some code and screenshots for more details, am I misunderstand something here? What specific character does not work here? Do you mean something like "β" which is not working?
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
edited Nov 16 at 8:13
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
answered Nov 15 at 9:31
Barry Wang - MSFT
768139
768139
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
add a comment |
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
yeah I'm doing this ;) but it doesn't render special characters
– visc
Nov 15 at 16:01
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
@visc I have some edit in the answer. Can you check whether my understanding is right here?
– Barry Wang - MSFT
Nov 22 at 1:43
add a comment |
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Hm, a line of code to reproduce this issue would be very useful to the people who are willing to help you.
– DK.
Nov 13 at 17:58
You would need to use converter on your text block and return the new font that you need in your converter, which may fix your issue
– Venkat
Nov 13 at 19:26