Android support for polytonic Greek

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Re: Android support for polytonic Greek

Postby Jonathan Robie » March 12th, 2013, 8:46 am

Looks like I may have to root my Nexus to install these fonts. I was hoping that wouldn't be necessary.

The real problem is that the Android fonts are missing these glyphs, that's a bug that should be fixed.

This was raised as a bug on Google's Android bug tracker, we should all go there and support the need for these glyphs.
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Re: Android support for polytonic Greek

Postby Jonathan Robie » March 13th, 2013, 12:29 pm

Entered a new bug specific to Greek. Please express support for this issue if Android support for polytonic Greek matters to you:

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=53154&thanks=53154&ts=1363191687
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Re: Android support for polytonic Greek

Postby Jason Hare » April 2nd, 2013, 2:30 am

I just discovered the oddest thing. I started a new blog this week (for personal things), and when I accessed it from my Galaxy Note II through the Blogger application, it still refused to show the fonts that I embedded on the page. However, when I clicked on the link to "view web version," it displayed all of the embedded fonts beautifully - including both polytonic Greek and Paleo-Hebrew!

I've attached an image so that you can see.

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So, if Blogger can somehow access the embedded fonts, why can none of the browsers do the same thing? I've tried it with Opera, Chrome and the native Android browser. I'll be downloading other browsers to try them, too.

It is so frustrating that (1) Android doesn't supply support the Unicode platform and (2) when it does support it, the fonts have to be embedded on the page (through CSS). Give us a break already!
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Re: Android support for polytonic Greek

Postby Jason Hare » April 2nd, 2013, 2:50 am

Right after I posted this, I tried again with Opera (connected by wi-fi with the turbo turned on), and this is what I got:

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I guess Opera is trying to fool me. I have no idea if it reads the embedded fonts regularly or not.

I'll try with other browsers, though.
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Re: Android support for polytonic Greek

Postby Ron Smith » April 15th, 2013, 2:43 pm

Even though I have been loyal to Samsung. I now have a used Nexus 7 and hope to get the best out of the fonts.
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Re: Android support for polytonic Greek

Postby Jonathan Robie » April 16th, 2013, 7:33 am

Ron Smith wrote:Even though I have been loyal to Samsung. I now have a used Nexus 7 and hope to get the best out of the fonts.


I haven't found a way to get the fonts to work out, in general, without rooting it. Several of the Bible apps do get the fonts right - Logos, Olive Tree, And Bible. Bible.is does not, neither does Bible Gateway.
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