Unicode and Mac OS X (10.4.8)
Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 9:58 am
Does anyone know if Unicode (utf
has problems working properly with Mac OS X?
I was under the impression that unicode was standard and should work across all platforms. However, one of my testers has Mac OS X and cannot view all text correctly. The text is written in Korean using utf 8. He can only see some of the text. utf 8 structures Korean by syllables, each syllable having it's own access code. It seems that some of the codes to access the character don't work for him, or the character simply doesn't exist on his computer for some reason.
Some syllables show up, such as the basic ones. However, other syllables will not show up correctly, even though they are in the unicode character set. I believe he has trouble viewing the characters that are not used in the language, or at least not commonly used. Basically there are some syllables made up of different 'letters' that wouldn't really go together, and that is where the problem seems to be.
I'm guessing he can see the basic Korean characters, but not all the 'extra' ones included in the unicode set that are there for expansion/etc. It's also not just my site, I had him check a few others and the characters don't show up on those sites either.
Any ideas?
I was under the impression that unicode was standard and should work across all platforms. However, one of my testers has Mac OS X and cannot view all text correctly. The text is written in Korean using utf 8. He can only see some of the text. utf 8 structures Korean by syllables, each syllable having it's own access code. It seems that some of the codes to access the character don't work for him, or the character simply doesn't exist on his computer for some reason.
Some syllables show up, such as the basic ones. However, other syllables will not show up correctly, even though they are in the unicode character set. I believe he has trouble viewing the characters that are not used in the language, or at least not commonly used. Basically there are some syllables made up of different 'letters' that wouldn't really go together, and that is where the problem seems to be.
I'm guessing he can see the basic Korean characters, but not all the 'extra' ones included in the unicode set that are there for expansion/etc. It's also not just my site, I had him check a few others and the characters don't show up on those sites either.
Any ideas?