"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

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