chinese char in filename not rendered correctly

[zbutfly]

not a major bug, but it display some error code

[jonfryd]

Hey @zbutfly,

Yeah, I'm aware of that. The embedded font included in the executable is mostly restricted to the Latin character set. Please see: #25 (comment)

If someone knows of an easy-to-read TTF-font with solid unicode support (including Chinese and Japanese characters) that we can use legally (i.e. no licensing issues!), then please let me know.

I'm keeping the issue open for now.

[zbutfly]

Hey @zbutfly,

Yeah, I'm aware of that. The embedded font included in the executable is mostly restricted to the Latin character set. Please see: #25 (comment)

If someone knows of an easy-to-read TTF-font with solid unicode support (including Chinese and Japanese characters) that we can legitimately use (i.e. no licensing issues!), then please let me know.

I'm keeping the issue open for now.

embedded font (especially jp/cn chars) will increase size of the executable file much! i don't know much about the implementation of video rendering But can it be implemented by a float layer over media with system or external font?

[jonfryd]

Yes, embedding a font with JP/CN support will likely increase the executable file size significantly, but I can't think of a better way which works seamlessly on Linux, Mac OS and Windows. I don't want to introduce new dependencies and/or new ways of rendering the overlaid text. Using SDL's TTF rendering library is the best and simplest option, I think.

To reduce the installed executable file size we can use UPX.