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I've setup a custom receiver application using CastHelloText-android as a base, and I'm trying to get it to correctly display certain unicode characters, however it is just displaying a blank space instead where the characters should be.

<div id="message">Test: &#2613;&#2622;&#2617;&#2623;&#2583;&#2625;&#2608;&#2626; :End Test</div>

This renders correctly on the site where I'm hosting the custom receiver, but when attempting to display it using a DataCastManager from the Cast Companion Library, the unicode characters aren't showing up. Is there any way to make this display or is there an alternative?

UPDATE: I just tried the message:

<div id="message">Test: &#2394; &#2613;&#2622;&#2617;&#2623;&#2583;&#2625;&#2608;&#2626; :End Test</div>

And the character (ग़) for

&#2394;

shows up just fine. I'm assuming this is a supported language issue then?

Update2: To help clarify, here is the result I'm getting after casting from a device connecting to my receiver with the above message: Sample result from unicode character test

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  • Using a chrome debugger, what do you get on your receiver when you send this message using DataCastManager?
    – Ali Naddaf
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 6:17
  • I just found my answer I believe. Adding the character &#2394; "ग़" will display in Hindi font, but the other characters I was using are from Gurmukhi font and appear as blank. This is probably because Chromecast doesn't support Gurmukhi characters yet?
    – kee23
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 6:33
  • You should be able to load that in your receiver.
    – Ali Naddaf
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 6:41
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    I'm not quite sure what you mean. It's loading just find in my receiver if viewed from a browser, however the characters show up blank when casting from a device (aside from the Hindi character)
    – kee23
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 6:50
  • I mean you should be able to load any fonts that are missing in your own receiver; Chromecast includes a finite set of fonts and if you need something that it doesn't include, then you'd need to load that yourself.
    – Ali Naddaf
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 13:55

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Google responded at: https://code.google.com/p/google-cast-sdk/issues/detail?id=794

And thanks Ali, your suggestion was correct. Using a .ttf font and applying it to the text will allow the characters to show up. It's not the same as having the actual unicode characters show up, but still helps.

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