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  Re: calibri.ttf font - garbled result.  
From: geep999
Date: 10 May 2011 18:00:01
Message: <web.4dc9b44e3d44a756380f8080@news.povray.org>
"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


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