Text changes from trace() to TextField

[dalseide]

I'm loading some text from an XML.
If I use the trace() method, the output shows nordic letters (æøå), but when the text is shown on stage in a textfield, "ø" is shown correctly, but "å" becomes regular "a".

• The font supports nordic letters.
• All of the nordic letters is correctly displayed in the rest of the page I'm developing.
• embedFonts = true;
• XML is saved with UTF-8

... a shot in the dark is better than nothing at this point.

[Stratboy]

are you sure you're using utf-8 NO BOM?

Also, could you post the relevant code please?

[dalseide]

The AS:


songTxt = new TextField();
songTxt.antiAliasType = AntiAliasType.ADVANCED;
songTxt.defaultTextFormat = FontLibrary.SongTekstFormat;
songTxt.embedFonts = true;
songTxt.text = songtxt[ u].slice(letter, songtxt[ u].indexOf("/break"+a));
songTxt.x = txtX;
songTxt.y = 0;
if(temp.length != 0 ) {
songTxt.y = temp[ a-1]+7;
}
if(songTxt.y > 310) {
txtX = 470;
songTxt.x = txtX;
songTxt.y = 0;
}
songTxt.autoSize = TextFieldAutoSize.LEFT;
songTxt.filters = [dropFX];
Some of the XML:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<tekst>
<song>
<title>Visepsykiatri</title>
<songtxt>Eg ha møtt folk på veg opp.&#xD;Eg ha møtt folk på veg ned.&#xD;Eg ha alder stoppa opp&#xD;før eg møtte deg.
/break0 Eg ha trakka på bloma&#xD;sliti asfalten ned.&#xD;Siti sundt ein sofa&#xD;før eg møtte deg.
/break1 No må eg starta med noko&#xD;eg bi borte i&#xD;so eg slepp å tenkji på deg&#xD;visepsykiatri.
/break2 Eg ha prøvd is i magjin&#xD;eg ha prøvd med å le.&#xD;Men når eg let att augun&#xD;ser eg berre deg.
/break3 Eg ha klivi høgt te fjells&#xD;sprunge heile vegen ned&#xD;sjølv når eg er langt te skogs&#xD;ser eg berre deg.
/break4 No må eg starta med noko&#xD;eg bi borte i&#xD;so eg slepp å tenkji på deg&#xD;visepsykiatri.
/break5 Og eg må låte, som små akvarella&#xD;rosa og lyseblåe, måneskinnskvelda.
/break6 </songtxt>
</song>

[Stratboy]

Try to use html text maybe:


songTxt.htmlText = yourText;

[dalseide]

Nope, didn't do it.

But thanks for trying.

[dalseide]

Ok, I fixed it.

Used the Find & Replace tool (I'm using Smultron, but the tool is basic in almost all text edit software). I used it to replace the letter "å" with . . . "å".

I can't explain why this worked. Some hidden coding must have followed (or not followed) when I copied the text from a PDF to the XML.

If someone could explain this I would be grateful. Would like to understand what happened here. Hope someone have use of this, sure made my day a living #$%&.