"Flat" (b) symbol

[Tzarls]

So, my VSTi is almost done (actually it´s been "almost done" for about two months, but I always come up with new features and the thing keeps growing and growing....). Right now I´m debugging a module that tells you the name of the chord you are playing on the keyboard. Everything´s fine, except that I need the "flat" symbol - you know, as in A# (sharp) and Ab (flat) - and I don´t want to just use the "b" letter as I feel it to be...... non elegant. Does anybody know the flat symbol exists in any of the system fonts? Any ideas?

[philter5]

here is a font file i made with a bitmap font-editor .you only need to copy it to your
windows\fonts folder .you´ll see that there is only one symbol in the complete character set but
once you wrote it you can copy&paste it so you have not to change your font all the time .
hope this helps

[Tzarls]

Thanks, this is great . Now, if I want to distribute my VSTi, do I:

1. Need to install this font im every PC my VSTi is installed? (AFAIK, there´s no way to include fonts inside an OSM)

2. Need to pay you for using your font? (I could give you a copy of my VSTi, thou)

[philter5]

to answer your first question: i didn´really thought about that issue
but you´re right, if you use the sign from a font file you will get problems because
the font has to be installed on other pcs too or you will see nothing.
perhaps just use a single small bitmap instead?
to answer your second question: nice offer, it was just a half minute work for me
but you don´t need to pay me anything. give me a credit and i´am happy
but i´am also really looking forward to your module,
so keep going

[philter5]

here is the standard arial font that comes with windows, but with the flat sign instead of the dollar sign.
this does not solve the problem we talked about but it may help you with your work!

[Tzarls]

Thanks! I was thinking into using your symbol anyway, as a bitmap - together with some green logic I could make it work. What seems strange is that I can´t use unicode symbols inside SM. For example, if you open word and use this character :"♭" (using Arial Unicode MS) and then copy and paste it into a SM label, it will show a "?" symbol. Is this a bug, normal behaviour or am I missing something?

[rl]

I think it's a missing feature. SM's string datatype seems to not support multibyte chars. Currently the best solution would be to use bitmaps.
You might be interested in these two discussions:
viewtopic.php?p=39663&sid=f8ebb6ae67e52d543942c5e194acebb3#p39663
http://www.synthmaker.co.uk/forum/viewt ... 1139#11139

[infuzion]

...if you open word and use this character :"♭" (using Arial Unicode MS) and then copy and paste it into a SM label, it will show a "?" symbol. Is this a bug, normal behaviour or am I missing something?

I posted this as a bug, over 3.5years ago:
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=801&p=6642