Khmer language in utf8 not supported #85083

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raksa eng · 2021-01-26T16:56:58+01:00

raksa eng commented

2021-01-26 16:56:58 +01:00

System Information
Operating system: Darwin-19.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits
Graphics card: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 6100 Intel Inc. 4.1 INTEL-14.7.8

Blender Version
Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-01-26 13:38, hash: 84671d796d
Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected)

Short description of error
Unicode auto-script not working for Khmer language in utf8, the input សួរស្តី will gives result as សួរស្តី
Khmer text character can be found here Google Font Battambang

Exact steps for others to reproduce the error
in Video Editing > Sequencer, add text then write in Khmer language produces wrong result and get boxes text on Preview viewport

Thanks!

**System Information** Operating system: Darwin-19.6.0-x86_64-i386-64bit 64 Bits Graphics card: Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics 6100 Intel Inc. 4.1 INTEL-14.7.8 **Blender Version** Broken: version: 2.93.0 Alpha, branch: master, commit date: 2021-01-26 13:38, hash: `84671d796d` Worked: (newest version of Blender that worked as expected) **Short description of error** Unicode auto-script not working for Khmer language in utf8, the input សួរស្តី will gives result as សួរស្តី Khmer text character can be found here [Google Font Battambang ](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Battambang?query=bat&preview.text=%E1%9E%9F%E1%9E%BD%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%9F%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%8F%E1%9E%B8&preview.text_type=custom#standard-styles) **Exact steps for others to reproduce the error** in Video Editing > Sequencer, add text then write in Khmer language produces wrong result and get boxes text on Preview viewport ![Screen Shot 2021-01-26 at 10.46.28 PM.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9598874/Screen_Shot_2021-01-26_at_10.46.28_PM.png) Thanks!

raksa eng commented

2021-01-26 16:56:58 +01:00

Added subscriber: @raksa

raksa eng self-assigned this 2021-01-26 17:08:07 +01:00

Harley Acheson commented

2021-01-26 17:30:43 +01:00

Added subscriber: @Harley

Harley Acheson commented

2021-01-26 17:30:43 +01:00

Your report links to a Battambang font, but your screenshot is showing that you don't use that font. Load that font and it will work:

Your report links to a Battambang font, but your screenshot is showing that you don't use that font. Load that font and it will work: ![Battambang2.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9598919/Battambang2.png)

raksa eng was unassigned by Robert Guetzkow

2021-01-26 18:10:06 +01:00

raksa eng commented

2021-01-27 04:23:04 +01:00

@Harley Battambang is font name, there are two fonts available Battambang-Bold (bold) and Battambang-Regular (normal)

@Harley **Battambang** is font name, there are two fonts available Battambang-Bold (bold) and Battambang-Regular (normal)

raksa eng commented

2021-01-27 04:31:28 +01:00

It is not about font, but it is problem with Khmer Unicode support,
For consonant two characters joined by ្ will produce new character. e.g: ស+្+ត = ស្ត but on Blender the problem is ស+្+ត = ស្ត

It is not about font, but it is problem with Khmer Unicode support, For consonant two characters joined by ្ will produce new character. e.g: ស+្+ត = ស្ត but on Blender the problem is ស+្+ត = ស្ត ![Screen Shot 2021-01-27 at 10.30.01 AM.png](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9599553/Screen_Shot_2021-01-27_at_10.30.01_AM.png)

Harley Acheson commented

2021-01-27 05:59:20 +01:00

It is not about font, but it is problem with Khmer Unicode support,

Then why did you circle this part in your report? If this was about text shaping, you could have made a much simpler report.

For consonant two characters joined by ្ will produce new character. e.g: ស+្+ត = ស្ត but on Blender the problem is ស+្+ត = ស្ត

Blender does not (yet) support complex text shaping. You will either have to use combined glyphs or make them yourself.

> It is not about font, but it is problem with Khmer Unicode support, Then why did you circle this part in your report? If this was about text shaping, you could have made a much simpler report. ![Circled.jpg](https://archive.blender.org/developer/F9599753/Circled.jpg) > For consonant two characters joined by ្ will produce new character. e.g: ស+្+ត = ស្ត but on Blender the problem is ស+្+ត = ស្ត Blender does not (yet) support complex text shaping. You will either have to use combined glyphs or make them yourself.

Campbell Barton commented

2021-01-27 06:43:48 +01:00

Closed as duplicate of #44438

Campbell Barton closed this issue

2021-01-27 06:43:48 +01:00

Heng-Ratanak commented

2023-11-30 10:51:22 +01:00

is blender fix this problem yet ?

Harley Acheson commented

2023-11-30 17:04:46 +01:00

is blender fix this problem yet ?

Not quite.

A Khmer font has been added to Blender with version 4.1. And this will be used automatically when Khmer characters are needed. So adding a Sequencer text strip or text object will now just show Khmer characters if entered.

And we now have a Khmer translation of the Interface starting as well.

However, the core of the complaint is not solved, "For consonant two characters joined by ្ will produce new character. e.g: ស+្+ត = ស្ត but on Blender the problem is ស+្+ត = ស្ត". For this we need to add an entire new software system to do "text shaping". That is on the roadmap though, and hopefully we will get to that soon.

> is blender fix this problem yet ? Not quite. A Khmer font has been added to Blender with version 4.1. And this will be used automatically when Khmer characters are needed. So adding a Sequencer text strip or text object will now just show Khmer characters if entered. And we now have a Khmer translation of the Interface starting as well. However, the core of the complaint is not solved, "For consonant two characters joined by ្ will produce new character. e.g: ស+្+ត = ស្ត but on Blender the problem is ស+្+ត = ស្ត". For this we need to add an entire new software system to do "text shaping". That is on the roadmap though, and hopefully we will get to that soon.

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Khmer language in utf8 not supported #85083