I know this has been covered before, but my search techniques are proving
inadequate for finding it. 
How does one use special characters in a text object, specifically, the
Greek letter for pi?
I even tried typing "pi" into Google, copying the character from a page that
came up, and pasting it into Kate. It's there in Kate, but it's an empty
space in the render.
Thanks!
-tom

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tom millican wrote:
> I know this has been covered before, but my search techniques are proving
> inadequate for finding it. 
> How does one use special characters in a text object, specifically, the
> Greek letter for pi?
> I even tried typing "pi" into Google, copying the character from a page that
> came up, and pasting it into Kate. It's there in Kate, but it's an empty
> space in the render.
> Thanks!
> -tom

I think this may be what you want:
http://news.povray.org/povray.international.binaries/thread/%3C3bfdc256@news.povray.org%3E/

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Dan Connelly wrote:

> tom millican wrote:
>> I know this has been covered before, but my search techniques are proving
>> inadequate for finding it.
>> How does one use special characters in a text object, specifically, the
>> Greek letter for pi?
>> I even tried typing "pi" into Google, copying the character from a page
>> that came up, and pasting it into Kate. It's there in Kate, but it's an
>> empty space in the render.
>> Thanks!
>> -tom
> 
> I think this may be what you want:
>
http://news.povray.org/povray.international.binaries/thread/%3C3bfdc256@news.povray.org%3E/

That's a great start. I'm so used to using the Alt+#### method at work
(using Microsoft Office on Linux), I didn't even think of using a different
font. symbol.ttf should have the Greek letters too, and that one's already
installed. 
Thanks!

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tom millican escreveu:
> That's a great start. I'm so used to using the Alt+#### method at work
> (using Microsoft Office on Linux)

Holy Crap! O_o

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