[cl-gd-devel] :convert-chars of draw-freetype-string

[Edi Weitz]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 07:15:02 +0900, Jong-won Choi <jc at itsec.co.kr> wrote:

> I don't know much about gd and cl-gd and currently I don't
> understand what :convert-chars does so I'm trying to understand it.
>
> When I tried utf-8 Korean string with test-020, it did not render
> characters correctly.  But if I set ':convert-chars nil' all the
> characters rendered correctly.
>
> I guess maybe gd itself handles non-ascii characters correctly(if
> this is true, maybe the :convert-chars can be removed from the
> function)
>
> Please use Korean string "커먼리습" (utf-8 encoded) for "Common
> Lisp", install ttf-unfonts package(Ubuntu and Debian), and use
> "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/unfonts/UnBatang.ttf" to exercise it with
> test-020.

That's the result I get:

  http://miles.agharta.de/strings.png

Is that wrong?  Are you sure you're using the latest version of CL-GD?