Re: gd, locales, special characters UPDATE

[Chuck Swiger <cswiger%mac.com@localhost>]

On Jun 27, 2007, at 9:18 AM, netbsd-users%rmroppert.de@localhost wrote:
> If i transmit the special characters (german umlaute) from an form and
> write them with php into an file. The characters are correct in the  
> file.
> If i build with the gd library and truetype fonts an picture of the  
> characters, they
> are displayed as squares. Setting LC_CTYPE on the enviroment or with
> setlocale has no effect.

You'll need to make sure you are using a font which has the  
appropriate German character glyphs, otherwise you'll get the results  
you've reported...

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-Chuck