** Plz help me in displaying unicode character **

Question

Hi,
I hava a problem with the following code. Actually I want to display some arabic character with the help of unicode. Plz go through the following code.
import java.awt.*;
class Unicode extends Frame
public static void main(String args[])
Frame f = new Frame("Unicode");
f.setSize(200,200);
String str="\u0600";
TextField tf=new TextField(str);
f.add(tf);
f.setVisible(true);
I m trying to print that character on a textfield. However, this is not the requirement but for only testig purpose. I get the character '?' in the resulting textfield. plz tell me that how can I use unicode to print other languages character anywhere like on awt, swing or in html. plz reply soon . Thanks
Fahad Ahmed

Answer 1

\u0600 is an unassigned Unicode character, so there's no way to do that. However I assume you mean you want to display Arabic characters such as \u0627, Arabic Letter Alef (&#x0627). Then you need to find a font that can render those characters properly, and assign that font to the TextField using its setFont() method.
I notice you are using AWT, which probably means you are trying to do this in an applet. If that's the case then "find a font and use it" is going to be a big problem, because you don't know what fonts your clients' computers have available.