East Asian + Arabic languages/fonts

[Pathos]

Hello,

Currently, the Teeworlds clients do not support East Asian languages in the chat and the Arabic is unreadable. Apparently, for East Asian languages, fonts need to be added. I'm not sure how Arabic would be fixed, but it's unconnected and backwards. There is a sizable Chinese and Iranian populations and they're struggling. There is a Chinese client, but it's outdated. There is also a Japanese client, but that is also outdated.

I'm not sure if it would matter, but if you do add more languages, please prioritize Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese. I've met few Koreans, Vientamese, etc., but perhaps they don't need to be prioritized as much (and Viets know French).

DDNet already has a solid lead in client-use among the players. I think it would dominate further (which I think it should, completely) if it just takes on more languages.

Talk about improving the chat, how about being able to copy/paste as well? Perhaps somehow through the console (make console selectable text)?

[deen]

I've tried and adding these languages has a HUGE effect on memory and startup time: https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/pull/192

SDL2 is important for proper input in these languages: https://github.com/ddnet/ddnet/issues/9

[Pathos]

I see.

Would it help if players can decide/have it optional? Will there be any update/progress on this?