... ASCII and/or foreign language ...

Earl_J wrote on 3/26/2010, 7:41 AM

Hello everyone,
using DVDA 4.5 and 5.0 ...
Is there a way to place foreign language characters or ASCII codes into the titling?
I posted this question on the DVDA forum as well; perhaps the Vegas Pro editor function might lead to a solution for DVDA as well...

I did a search and did not find any results for this question.

Thanks for any assistance you might provide...

Until that time... Earl J.

Comments

farss wrote on 3/26/2010, 7:58 AM

I've put Chinese and Sanskrit character in DVD menus.
You need the right fonts, that's all really.

Oh, and get someone who knows the language to check what you've done. I made a few bad mistakes due to subtle variations.

Bob.

Earl_J wrote on 3/26/2010, 9:36 AM

Hello Bob,
thanks for the quick response...
So, is there an online site with downloadable foreign language fonts for Vegas? ... hmmm...
I'll go hunt some down...
perhaps you have a few URLs handy? (grin)
Probably not, if you're like me, download what I need at the moment, and if it works, move on without a second thought to keeping track of the URL... if the search worked well the first time, it'll continue to work well in the future ... us librarians don't need no stinkin' URLs... lol just give us a good search engine, a fast connection, and we'll find our way...

Thanks again...

Until that time... Earl J.

Jøran Toresen wrote on 3/26/2010, 10:05 AM

You can use Character Map in Windows. It's under Accessories-System Tools (Windows 7).

Edit: The Norwegian character "ø" in my name is Alt+0248, as an example.

Jøran

farss wrote on 3/26/2010, 12:52 PM

"So, is there an online site with downloadable foreign language fonts for Vegas?"

Vegas will work with any fonts so there's no need for anything Vegas specific. The only thing that might trip you up is bit mapped fonts. Double byte language fonts work fine in Vegas.
Just Google fonts for the language you're after. As Jøran says though the letters and diacritics of Latin based alphabets are included in most fonts. It's only the non Latin languages that require a different font set.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin-based_alphabet

Bob.

Earl_J wrote on 3/26/2010, 1:01 PM

Thanks everyone...
it appears both techniques will work...
Using either the ASCII code and ALT as well as pulling up the character in the character map in Windows and cut/paste to DVDA...

I knew I could count on the knowledge, experience, and skill of the guys here to find a most excellent solution... really; I'm not blowing smoke ... collectively, everyone here is the greatest; individually, not so much. . . (that was just a little jab at forum humor and not a full-blown insult to anyone - for real...)

Until that time... Earl J.