i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:32:06 +0000Unicode title for windows!https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/Hi. I want to ask is it possible to have Unicode Text for windows titles? Unicode for Arabic, Persian language doesn't seems to work! I used a string of font command with coding iso10646 and a font named "Yas" which have to support Persian completely. But it is not bidirectional! Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:21:15 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/Answer by Michael for <p>Hi. I want to ask is it possible to have Unicode Text for windows titles? Unicode for Arabic, Persian language doesn't seems to work!</p> <p>I used a string of font command with coding iso10646 and a font named "Yas" which have to support Persian completely. But it is not bidirectional!</p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?answer=209#post-id-209Currently we only support X Core Fonts in the ISO10646 encoding. As you have noticed, different fonts include a varying amount of glyphs which may or may not be enough for your needs. Also, bidirectional titles are not supported at all with that solution. There is an effort to support Xft fonts, though (see http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-to-get-i3wm-font-anti-aliasing/Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:27:47 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?answer=209#post-id-209Comment by joepd for <p>Currently we only support X Core Fonts in the ISO10646 encoding. As you have noticed, different fonts include a varying amount of glyphs which may or may not be enough for your needs. Also, bidirectional titles are not supported at all with that solution.</p> <p>There is an effort to support Xft fonts, though (see <a href="http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-to-get-i3wm-font-anti-aliasing/">http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-...</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?comment=216#comment-216You can find it in [this tarball](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/i3/i3-pango/i3-pango.tar.gz). Found from [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=59344). Wed, 04 Jul 2012 20:45:54 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?comment=216#comment-216Comment by Shahin for <p>Currently we only support X Core Fonts in the ISO10646 encoding. As you have noticed, different fonts include a varying amount of glyphs which may or may not be enough for your needs. Also, bidirectional titles are not supported at all with that solution.</p> <p>There is an effort to support Xft fonts, though (see <a href="http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-to-get-i3wm-font-anti-aliasing/">http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-...</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?comment=214#comment-214Thank you so much for your answer. can you give me a link for that patch you say? -Anti aliasing patch-Wed, 04 Jul 2012 14:47:10 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?comment=214#comment-214Comment by Shahin for <p>Currently we only support X Core Fonts in the ISO10646 encoding. As you have noticed, different fonts include a varying amount of glyphs which may or may not be enough for your needs. Also, bidirectional titles are not supported at all with that solution.</p> <p>There is an effort to support Xft fonts, though (see <a href="http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-to-get-i3wm-font-anti-aliasing/">http://faq.i3wm.org/question/183/how-...</a></p> https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?comment=217#comment-217Thank you, It really works!Thu, 05 Jul 2012 06:32:06 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/208/unicode-title-for-windows/?comment=217#comment-217