Changes in look for some simplified chinese characters (hanzi) !

[Nick Cross]

I understand that in a future version of Mnemosyne, the plan is to strip the formatting from pasting.

 

I would like to flag that Mnemosyne 2.0.1 is doing something strange with at least a two simplified chinese characters (Hanzi).

It is actually changing the look of the characters !

 

I usually create my cards in MS-Word and then drop them into Mnemosyne.  In MS-Word, I see:

Q: straight

A: 直

 

When I paste it into Mnemosyne, the character changes.  There is a gap at the bottom and a new line on the left.  Please see the attached screenshot.

 

When I paste back from Mnemosyne in MS-Paint, MS-PowerPoint or MS-Word, the character reverts back its input form from MS-Word.

 

If you need to input the character, the pinyin is: zhí.  It means straight or vertical. 

The other one that I notice a change is "to install or set up" or 置

 

Any ideas?  I am not sure what is going on.  I can make a note on the cards, but it would be nice for the cards to look as they should

 

Thanks

 

[George Wade]

I'm suspicious of MS word and would much rather do my cards in something not complex enough to cause random trouble.  A text note pad for example;  archiving previous cards in a spreadsheet until they have really taken shape as a deck.  The spreadsheet might do very well for generating the cards, too.

You can drag spreadsheet columns to change the order of questions, though Mnemosyne can do that itself.  I suppose that I shouldn't be answering MS questions, having given it up 25 years ago and using Mnemosyne 2.x on a Mac.  But you may have to wait till Monday for a properly educated answer.

George

[Peter Bienstman]

Any change in look should only be temporary. If you click 'preview
cards' you should get to see how it will look like in the end (with
stripped formatting).

Peter

Quoting "Nick Cross" <dns....@gmail.com>:

> I understand that in a future version of Mnemosyne, the plan is to strip
> the formatting from pasting.
>
> I would like to flag that Mnemosyne 2.0.1 is doing something strange with
> at least a two simplified chinese characters (Hanzi).
> It is actually changing the look of the characters !
>
> I usually create my cards in MS-Word and then drop them into Mnemosyne. In
> MS-Word, I see:
> Q: straight

> A: ?

>
> When I paste it into Mnemosyne, the character changes. There is a gap at
> the bottom and a new line on the left. Please see the attached screenshot.
>
> When I paste back from Mnemosyne in MS-Paint, MS-PowerPoint or MS-Word, the
> character reverts back its input form from MS-Word.
>
> If you need to input the character, the pinyin is: zhí. It means straight
> or vertical.

> The other one that I notice a change is "to install or set up" or ?

>
> Any ideas? I am not sure what is going on. I can make a note on the
> cards, but it would be nice for the cards to look as they should
>
> Thanks
>
>
>

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[omede...@gmail.com]

Those are simply changes in font. 'straight' can be written with a single line across the bottom, or an L shape. Many hanzi change depending on the font used.

[Nick Cross]

> Those are simply changes in font. 'straight' can be written with a single line across the bottom, or an L shape. Many hanzi change depending on the font used

 Thanks. I will try different fonts to see if this resolves the problem.

[omede...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 8:06:05 PM UTC-7, Nick Cross wrote:
> > Those are simply changes in font. 'straight' can be written with a single line across the bottom, or an L shape. Many hanzi change depending on the font used
>  Thanks. I will try different fonts to see if this resolves the problem.

I don't think any font works perfectly, I have found the following works very well though.

The HTML is:
<span style="font-family: AR PL UMing TW; font-size: 40px; "> 直 </span>

Or just change the font to:
AR PL UMing TW

[Nick Cross]

Thanks!  This is perfect.