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Graphics / Displaying non-ascii chars - sf::Font and sf::Text
« on: April 14, 2016, 04:58:49 am »
I want to display non-Ascii characters. (specifically box-drawing characters for a roguelike game - my renderWindow will basically look like a console/terminal to the user; I'm just using SFML behind the scenes because it gives me so much more power)
But I just get boxes or question marks if I try to use a non-ascii character. I have spent hours upon hours poring over every scrap of documentation - sf::Font, sf::Text, Uint32, L"string", wstring, sf::string, ASCII codes, unicode strings... but all I seem to be accomplishing is exasperating myself.
All I want to do is draw some boxes with text!
Any advice pointing me in the right direction would be immensely appreciated.
But I just get boxes or question marks if I try to use a non-ascii character. I have spent hours upon hours poring over every scrap of documentation - sf::Font, sf::Text, Uint32, L"string", wstring, sf::string, ASCII codes, unicode strings... but all I seem to be accomplishing is exasperating myself.
All I want to do is draw some boxes with text!
Any advice pointing me in the right direction would be immensely appreciated.