I18N - Charset

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Introduction

The D3 code that handles the GUI bitmap font can only load a specific range of bytes as characters. To get the most out of the available entries, special charsets are used. The fonts (Carleton for the menu f.i.) are build/patched so that the right characters appear in the right place.

Encodings

Note that the language files (f.i. strings/german.lang) as well as the readables and the FM dictionariaries are expected to be in the following encodings:

  • Czech: ISO-8859-2
  • Russian: WIN-1251
  • All other languages: ISO-8859-1

The characters are remapped upon loading the dictionary/readable. Responsible for the remapping are mapping files, f.i. "strings/czech.map". If a map file for a specific language is not found, "strings/default.map" is used instead.

European Languages

This mapping is used for European languages, f.i. Czech, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish. Note that the double accented characters in Hungarian Ő, ő, Ű and ű look a bit different from Ö, ö, Ü and ü!

In the table below, the original ISO 8859-1 characters are given in () below the TDM character.

Color code:

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…0 …1 …2 …3 …4 …5 …6 …7 …8 …9 …A …B …C …D …E …F
0… 00
– 		01
– 		02
– 		03
– 		04
– 		05
– 		06
– 		07
– 		08
– 		09
– 		0A
– 		0B
– 		0C
– 		0D
– 		0E
– 		0F
–
1… 10
– 		11
– 		12
– 		13
– 		14
– 		15
– 		16
– 		17
– 		18
– 		19
– 		1A
– 		1B
– 		1C
– 		1D
– 		1E
– 		1F
–
2… 20
  		21
! 		22
" 		23
# 		24
$ 		25
% 		26
& 		27
'' 		28
( 		29
) 		2A
* 		2B
+ 		2C
, 		2D
- 		2E
. 		2F
/
3… 30
0 		31
1 		32
2 		33
3 		34
4 		35
5 		36
6 		37
7 		38
8 		39
9 		3A
: 		3B
; 		3C
< 		3D
= 		3E
> 		3F
?
4… 40
@ 		41
A 		42
B 		43
C 		44
D 		45
E 		46
F 		47
G 		48
H 		49
I 		4A
J 		4B
K 		4C
L 		4D
M 		4E
N 		4F
O
5… 50
P 		51
Q 		52
R 		53
S 		54
T 		55
U 		56
V 		57
W 		58
X 		59
Y 		5A
Z 		5B
[ 		5C
\ 		5D
] 		5E
^ 		5F
_
6… 60
` 		61
a 		62
b 		63
c 		64
d 		65
e 		66
f 		67
g 		68
h 		69
i 		6A
j 		6B
k 		6C
l 		6D
m 		6E
n 		6F
o
7… 70
p 		71
q 		72
r 		73
s 		74
t 		75
u 		76
v 		77
w 		78
x 		79
y 		7A
z 		7B
{ 		7C
| 		7D
} 		7E
~ 		7F
–
8… 80
– 		81
– 		82
– 		83
– 		84
– 		85
– 		86
– 		87
– 		88
– 		89
– 		8A
– 		8B
– 		8C
– 		8D
– 		8E
– 		8F
–
9… 90
– 		91
– 		92
– 		93
– 		94
– 		95
– 		96
– 		97
– 		98
– 		99
– 		9A
– 		9B
– 		9C
– 		9D
– 		9E
– 		9F
–
A… A0
NBSP 		A1
ň
(¡) 		A2
Ű
(¢) 		A3
ě
(£) 		A4
ű
(¤) 		A5
Ě
(¥) 		A6
Š
(¦) 		A7
§ 		A8
š
(¨) 		A9
Ů
(©) 		AA
Ą
(ª) 		AB
Ę
(«) 		AC
Č
(¬) 		AD
SHY 		AE
č
(®) 		AF
ů
(¯)
B… B0
Ő
(°) 		B1
Ł
(±) 		B2
Ť
(²) 		B3
Ď
(³) 		B4
Ž
(´) 		B5
ł
(µ) 		B6
ť
(¶) 		B7
ď
(·) 		B8
ž
(¸) 		B9
ő
(¹) 		BA
ą
(º) 		BB
ę
(») 		BC
Œ
(¼) 		BD
œ
(½) 		BE
Ÿ
(¾) 		BF
¿
C… C0
À 		C1
Á 		C2
 		C3
à 		C4
Ä 		C5
Å 		C6
Æ 		C7
Ç 		C8
È 		C9
É 		CA
Ê 		CB
Ë 		CC
Ì 		CD
Í 		CE
Î 		CF
Ï
D… D0
Ð 		D1
Ñ 		D2
Ò 		D3
Ó 		D4
Ô 		D5
Õ 		D6
Ö 		D7
Ř
(×) 		D8
Ø 		D9
Ù 		DA
Ú 		DB
Û 		DC
Ü 		DD
Ý 		DE
Þ 		DF
ß
E… E0
à 		E1
á 		E2
â 		E3
ã 		E4
ä 		E5
å 		E6
æ 		E7
ç 		E8
è 		E9
é 		EA
ê 		EB
ë 		EC
ì 		ED
í 		EE
î 		EF
ï
F… F0
ð 		F1
ñ 		F2
ò 		F3
ó 		F4
ô 		F5
õ 		F6
ö 		F7
ř
(÷) 		F8
ø 		F9
ù 		FA
ú 		FB
û 		FC
ü 		FD
ý 		FE
þ 		FF
ÿ

Missing Characters

The following characters are missing due to no space left in the usable character spaces:

  • Ň (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER N WITH CARON, U+0147)


Russian

The character 0xFF (я) is mapped to 0xB6 upon loading. Therefore any Russian font must contain я at the place 0xB6.


See Also

Translation resources

Overview of translations

Translation discussions

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