POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Changes to text object? : Re: Changes to text object? Server Time
2 Oct 2025 20:55:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Changes to text object?  
From: Bald Eagle
Date: 2 Oct 2025 06:45:00
Message: <web.68de56da55f274c71f9dae3025979125@news.povray.org>
"m@b" <sai### [at] googlemailcom> wrote:
> I keep getting this error:
>
> "Text may not be displayed as expected. Please refer to the user manual
> regarding changes in POV-Ray v3.8 and later."
>
> Here is my sdl line:
>
> #declare CapFont = "segoeprb.ttf";
>
> text { ttf CapFont, "Read my diary", 0.2, 0.0 pigment{rgb<0,0,1>*1.3}
> scale 1.5    translate<12.0, 22.25, 012.49>}
>
> I am struggling to find the relevant documentation.
> Any help please.
>
> Thanks.
> m@

What's your #version directive?
Something happened with clipka working on some of the code, and this started
happening, and then it got fixed...   can't find the thread about that.

Also, is the ttf optional or required?

- BE


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