[Qgis-developer] Problem in Displaying Myanmar Unicode Font in QGIS

[Mathieu Pellerin]

You can find instructions to build QGIS using Qt 5 on linux here:
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/doc/linux.t2t



On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 9:44 AM, KhunSanAung <khunsanaung.gis at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Math,
>
> Sure, I've used the appropriate fonts for each of them.
> They both have issue.
>
> I'll try building from source code.
>
> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I should have read your email more carefully, you quite clearly state
>> that the rendering is broken on windows too. Good to know, as it offers yet
>> one more argument to support the migration to Qt5.
>>
>> Just in case this might actually be a font problem instead of a rendering
>> problem, have you tried to display the ZawGyiOne and unicode text using the
>> appropriate font (vs. the default system font which is used in the
>> attribute table shown in your screenshots)?
>>
>> Instructions to build QGIS are here:
>> https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/INSTALL, however it doesn't
>> cover Qt5. Maybe Matthias Kuhn can help here.
>>
>> Math
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 5:33 PM, KhunSanAung <khunsanaung.gis at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Great to hear Math.
>>>
>>> Where can I download QGIS  source code for 32 bit & 64 bit Windows and
>>> if will make us easy if some reference document for building are also
>>> available?
>>> I'm happy to try it.
>>>
>>> Many thanks & best regards
>>>
>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.asia at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I should have added that Qt4 doesn't have rendering issues because it
>>>> shapes text using the windows uniscribe library.
>>>> On 10 Dec 2015 15:25, "Mathieu Pellerin" <nirvn.asia at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>> Long story short, QGIS compiled against Qt4 (which is what the
>>>>> official version does) doesn't support proper Burmese script ordering under
>>>>> linux. This is due to Qt4 (not actively developed anymore) using an old
>>>>> library to shape unicode scripts.
>>>>>
>>>>> QGIS compiled against Qt5 fixes all rendering issues for Burmese
>>>>> language.
>>>>>
>>>>> Therefore at the moment your options are to either
>>>>> a/ run QGIS on windows 7 (within a virtual machine if you don't want
>>>>> to permanently install the OS); or
>>>>> b/ compile a QGIS build for yourself if you are able to do so, from
>>>>> which you could create packages to distribute to other users.
>>>>>
>>>>> Math
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Have a nice day!
>>> --
>>>
>>> *Mr. Khun San Aung*
>>> * <http://geoportal.icimod.org/>*
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Have a nice day!
> --
>
> *Mr. Khun San Aung*
> * <http://geoportal.icimod.org/>*
>
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