On 05/11/2011 12:29 PM, cmoses wrote:
> "geep999"<nomail@nomail>  wrote:
>> "cmoses"<cmo### [at] austinrrcom>  wrote:
>>> "geep999"<nomail@nomail>  wrote:
>>>> POV-Ray 3.7.0.RC3 on Slackware 13.0 x86_64.
>>>> I pointed povray to use the calibri.ttf font over on my Windows 7 partition.
>>>> The result is garbled - strange letters with accents appear instead of the
>>>> expected text. (KDE's kfontview opens calibri.ttf OK, with nothing strange).
>>>>
>>>> Pointing povray to use other fonts of Win7, e.g. comic.ttf and arial.ttf, was
>>>> OK.
>>>>
>>>> I solved the problem by pushing calibri.ttf through fontforge and resaving it
>>>> as mycalibri.ttf.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Peter
>>>
>>> Peter,
>>>
>>> I am having the same issue when trying to use the Calibri font.  Could you post
>>> or email me the "mycalibri.ttf".  I am not familiar with FontForge or how it is
>>> used.
>>>
>>> Clayton
>> Hi Clayton,
>> I have emailed a file to you from my yahoo.co.uk email.
>> Perhaps you could let me know here if you received it and it's OK.
>> Cheers,
>> Peter
>
> Peter,
>
> I got the file and added it to my fonts through the Font installer.  I have
> tried using it in POVRAY, but I am still getting strange characters when I run.
> Is there another way to install the font?  Or can I use it in another folder?
>
> Clayton
>
>
>
you should be able to source that file if it's in your current directory 
(or any /any/ path specified in Library_Path ... or wait until the fix 
is released, as the modified font file /may/ become moot.

Ciao

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