Thai language typed or copied into chat renders with missing characters/erroneous spaces added (dotted circles) instead of what is actually typed/pasted in.
For context, if you type Thai vowels and tone markers in the wrong order, these dotted circles can be expected to occur, but what's happening here is very different – these dotted circles and missing characters occur even when typed in the correct order.
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Note: this is also a problem in Java MC-87751
Please devs, prioritize this issue! Bedrock is easily the most played version of Minecraft in Thailand, and we're doing a bunch of Thai kids a disservice by not allowing them to communicate and collaborate easily in-game. In 2024, Minecraft is the gateway to Art, Architecture, and all things STEM. Let's help Thai kids on that path by improving their ability to collaborate, communicate, and learn from each other in-game!
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Even unicode.org says that rendering languages with diacritics is not hard! Let's make this happen please!
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I cannot convey how happy and grateful I am to confirm the fix for this which landed in today's preview.
Please let whichever dev(s) worked on this fix know that all my Thai Minecraft playing friends are celebrating today! We're all beyond hyped over how much more smoothly collaboration in-game will be now for millions of Thai players! I imagine kids explaining redstone to each other, nerding out over shared builds, and having grande explorations and adventures all without the extra cognitive load of reading garbled text getting in the way. Just pure, obstacle-free joy. I know this was likely a small fix, but the impact is huge.
I've been smiling ear-to-ear since I saw the preview changelog this morning. And I know my friends in the Thai community have been feeling the same.
Thank you!!!