POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Rendering font symbols : Re: Rendering font symbols Server Time
7 Aug 2024 03:21:34 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Rendering font symbols  
From: bob h
Date: 24 Nov 2001 21:45:03
Message: <3c005b2f@news.povray.org>
global_settings
{
    utf8
}

Best goes ahead of everything else but should effect the entire scene from
anywhere.

--
text{ttf"arial","bob h",.1,0pigment{rgb 9}translate<-1,-.2,3>}


"sshelby" <ssh### [at] rexnetnet> wrote in message
news:3bffe6d0@news.povray.org...
> Bob,
> As I work in Moray and it automatically uses Povray for rendering, I don't
> know anything about manipulating things in Povray. Could you show me what
> the path is to "global_settings" and exactly what I would have to write
> there?
> Thanks,
> Steve Shelby
>
> bob h <omn### [at] charternet> wrote in message
> news:3bffb7f1@news.povray.org...
> > Just checked on that Bach30.ttf and I could get the symbols to show up
by
> > using charset utf8 in global_settings.  Alt 0165 was a clef.  But yeah,
it
> > still doesn't type out that way (believe it was Yen symbol) in the
script,
> > only renders as such.
> >
> > Can't remember how the one Ken shows up in script, must be similar yet
not
> > need the utf8.
> >
> > --
> > text{ttf"arial","bob h",.1,0pigment{rgb 9}translate<-1,-.2,3>}
> >
> > "Ken" <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote in message
> > news:3BFFB2CD.F3719098@pacbell.net...
> > >
> > >
> > > sshelby wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > > I use Moray to create my scenes, and render with Povray. I found a
> > really
> > > > cool font called Bach30.ttf that allows you to create any musical
> notes
> > or
> > > > symbols using the alt key and various 4-digit codes on the numeric
> > keypad. I
> > > > tried it out and it showed the notes correctly in all four Moray
> views,
> > but
> > > > when I render it, Povray renders different symbols than the ones
> showing
> > in
> > > > Moray. I tried it in Megapov, and it wouldn't render it at all. I
got
> > the
> > > > new Pov 3.5 beta and used it, but the results were the same. Is
there
> a
> > > > solution to this problem?  Any comments on this would be
appreciated.
> > > > If anyone would like to get the Bach30.ttf font to try yourself, let
> me
> > > > know. I can make it available on one of the binaries newsgroups.
> > >
> > > Steve,
> > >
> > > Try the musical font from my website. It does not require you to use
the
> > > alt-keypad to access the symbols and it has been tested to be
compatible
> > > with any version of POV-Ray. You will have to figure out wich keys go
> with
> > > which symbols on your own however.
> > >
> > > http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ken Tyler
> >
> >
>
>


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