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  Re: calibri.ttf font - garbled result.  
From: cmoses
Date: 10 May 2011 13:55:01
Message: <web.4dc97b963d44a756dcfd0a050@news.povray.org>
"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


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