Mike Williams wrote:
> Wasn't it Bryan Heit who wrote:
>> I am trying to insert a copyright symbol into a string of text for an 
>> image.  I cannot get this to work - if I copy the symbol in from word it 
>> appears in the povray editor, but when rendered appears as a blank 
>> space.  I've not found a font where the copyright symbol can be typed in 
>> using the normal keys on the keyboard.  I've tried using different fonts 
>> with no luck.  Is there a way around this?  Can a directly select a 
>> character using it's font and hex code?  For example, the copyright 
>> symbol is #00E3 in "symbol.ttf".
> 
> Have you tried setting charset utf-8 in your global settings? 
> The default charset is ASCII.

That will not help at all as the character he enters won't be a valid UTF-8 
character. He needs to either use \u00E3 in the string or use a UTF-8 input 
file (not create-able with the POV-Ray editors currently), as explained in 
the documentation.

	Thorsten, POV-Team

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