Hi guys,

I've just added my script Topsy Turvy to the script database: http://www.msgplus.net/scripts/view/519-Topsy-Turvy/

Basically it allows you to type text that's flipped, like what you can do on this page: http://whatsmyip.org/upsidedowntext/

So far it can handle simple emoticons, such as and ie it won't flip those when you type it in your message with the script active. I haven't done the other kind of emoticons, such as and .

Hope you guys can try it out and give comments/feedback, it's my first script! One day I just thought it would be fun if I could irritate people on my MSN list by typing in flipped text, and this came out .

if you want to make a script people will use, add a cool feature like flipping emoticons .

cool. ill use this to annoy peeps

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you want to make a script people will use, add a cool feature like flipping emoticons .

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didnt work for me... all the characters were just boxes which i assume means its like, an unknown character.

Here are some things I found that might cause the flipped text to appear wrongly:

- The output text requires UTF-8 to be visible.
- The resulting flip text may not display correctly on systems not running Windows (e.g. Mac)
- The upside down text might not display correctly on Windows 2000 or older and in some versions of MSN or Live Messenger

For me, I haven't been able to troubleshoot this problem yet. On my XP desktop I am also unable to see the flipped characters. On my Vista laptop (which I used to make this) it shows fine.

This is most likely because the font you're using doesn't support the special characters. You could try to use a standard font (Arial, Tahoma, Segoe UI, Courier...) and see if it works out.

I don't see how XP would be different from Vista (they already had Unicode support in XP), however my guess would be it's your font.

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So far it can handle simple emoticons

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Originally posted by doody

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you want to make a script people will use, add a cool feature like flipping emoticons .

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Is this actually possible with a script? Haha...

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Originally posted by Matti
This is most likely because the font you're using doesn't support the special characters. You could try to use a standard font (Arial, Tahoma, Segoe UI, Courier...) and see if it works out.

I don't see how XP would be different from Vista (they already had Unicode support in XP), however my guess would be it's your font.

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Originally posted by ShawnZ

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Originally posted by doody

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
if you want to make a script people will use, add a cool feature like flipping emoticons .

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Is this actually possible with a script? Haha...

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it would be incredibly hard, hence a good niche for your script

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Originally posted by Spunky
Just enumerate through the emoticons and custom emoticons, if current word is emoticon, leave it alone

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My updated script is up. Most common emoticons should appear now! Though they still won't appear upside down...