[confirm] Files containing unicode characters in the file name are shown in thin font (1 Viewer)

[greybox]

If the file name contains a unicode character, the font used for the file name is thinner. In Windows XP the fonts for non unicoded file names and unicode file names are same and look correct. Only in Windows 7 there is a problem. See the attached screen shot.

MediaPortal Version: MediaPortal 1.2.0 Alpha
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3Wide
Windows Version: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU Type: Intel Core I7 2.8GHz
HDD: WDC SATA-2 80GB; Samsung SATA2, 750GB; Blu Ray drive: LiteOn iHES108
Memory: 4GB DDR3
Motherboard: Asus P7P55D PRO
Video Card: ASUS GeForce 9600GT Silent 650MHZ 512MB 1.8GHZ DDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDTV
Video Card Driver: Latest
Sound Card: IDT High Definition
Sound Card AC3: Optical out
Sound Card Driver: Latest
1. TV Card: Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1800, PCIe
1. TV Card Type: analog, ATSC
1. TV Card Driver: Latest
2. TV Card: Twinhan AD-SE200 (1028), PCIe
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S
2. TV Card Driver: Latest
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec:
Satelite/CableTV Provider: FTA/Cable/OTA
HTPC Case: Custom
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: Universal, URC 200
TV: Samsung 58" 1080p Plasma HDTV (PN58B530)
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI/HDMI

 

[greybox]

Attached is the screen shot. As you can see "qwerty" looks different for two different file names.

 

[jameson_uk]

I think https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...-text-style-when-local-characters-used-89256/ explains this?

 

[greybox]

Thank you for the link, I will try the workarounds, however I don't see this behaviour in 1.1.2 on XP. Could you check on your end?

 

[SilentException]

Thank you for the link, I will try the workarounds, however I don't see this behaviour in 1.1.2 on XP. Could you check on your end?

Yes, on Windows XP I also don't see any "problems" with this. However on Win Vista/7 you should be able to avoid the problems with the workarounds in the post.

 

[greybox]

Thank you. Setting useExtendedCharsWithStandardCulture to "yes" and cleaning the cashe resolved the problem.

Do we know why the behaviour is different in XP and W7?

Would the MP performance be affected by skin cache weight? I mean using <entry name="useExtendedCharsWithStandardCulture">yes</entry> vs <entry name="useExtendedCharsWithStandardCulture">512</entry>. Does it make sense to default useExtendedCharsWithStandardCulture to the maximum value during installation instead of using the workarounds?

What would be the minimum value for proper display of cyrillic characters?