Hello,

a simple solution is to use Elefont (http://www.armanisoft.ch) 
it's free. The text will be save as DXF. After you transform DXF to 
POV with Crossroad (http://www.europa.com/~keithr/crossroads/) or 
with 3DWin (http://www.stmuc.com/thbaier/). Then the text will be a 
mesh (use WinMeshComp 
(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/1434/download/mc21win.zip) 
to reduce the size of the include and/or to transform into Mesh2 if you 
use MegaPov). Mesh and Mesh2 are much fast to render than text object.

I hope this help.

Fabian Brau.

Lo van den Berg wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have made the following simple image. It renders in under 4 minutes.
> To my astonishment the addition of a text object causes a render time
> 43times longer than without. The source is included and contains the
> version with the textobject.
> 
> At 576x432:
> with Textobject : 2h 54m
> without Textobject: 0h 4m
> 
> Also the statistics tell me:
> Ray->Shape Intersection          Tests       Succeeded  Percentage
> True Type Font                60249600           11479      0.02
> 
> Why? Can anybody explain?
> 
> Lo van den Berg
> lov### [at] yahoocom
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  [Image]
> 
>   ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> #include "colors.inc"
> #include "metals.inc"
> #include "golds.inc"
> 
> // -----------------TEXTURES---------------
> #declare Tx1=texture {
>         T_Gold_5D
>         normal {
>                 granite .35
>                 turbulence .25
>                 frequency 5
>         }
>         scale 2.111
> }
> 
> #declare Tx2=texture {
>         T_Chrome_2A
>         normal {
>                 bumps .81
>                 turbulence .77
>         }
>         finish {
>                 reflection 0.1
>                 metallic
>         }
>         scale 2.21
> }
> 
> #declare BaseTexture=texture {
>         pigment { color White }
>         finish { reflection 0.23 }
> }
> 
> #declare RecursionTexture=texture {
>         pigment { color Black }
>         finish { reflection 0.43 }
> }
> 
> #declare JoyTexture=texture {
>         pigment {
>                 color rgb <24/255,107/255,165/255>
>         }
>         finish {
>                 reflection 0.6
>         }
> }
> 
> #declare MaterialTexture=texture {
>         material_map {
>                 gif "joy.gif"
>                 interpolate 2
>                 texture { RecursionTexture }
>                 texture { JoyTexture }
>         }
>         rotate 90*x
> }
> 
> // -----------------MACROS---------------
> #macro RecText( iRecLevel,iScaleFraction,iBaseTexture,iRecTexture )
> texture {
>         checker
>         texture { iBaseTexture }
> #if (iRecLevel=0)
>         texture { iRecTexture }
> #else
>         RecText( iRecLevel-1,iScaleFraction,iRecTexture,iBaseTexture )
>         scale 1/iScaleFraction
> #end
> }
> #end
> 
> plane {
>         y, 0
>         RecText( 2, 3, MaterialTexture, RecursionTexture )
> }
> 
> camera
> {
>         location < 0.0, 2.0,-7.0>
>         look_at < 0.0, 0.5, 0.0>
> //      look_at < 0.0, 0.0,-7.0>
> }
> 
> light_source
> {
>         < 0.0, 20.0, -20.0>
>         color White
> }
> 
> light_source
> {
>         < 20.0, 25.0, -25.0>
>         color White
> }
> 
> difference {
>         plane {
>                 z, 0
>                 texture {
>                         material_map {
>                                 gif "joy.gif"
>                                 interpolate 2
>                                 once
>                                 texture { pigment { color rgbt <0,0,0,1> } }
>                                 texture { Tx2 }
>                         }
>                         translate <-0.5,-0.03, 0.0>
>                         scale 3
>                 }
>                 bounded_by {
>                         box { <-1.5, 0.0,-0.01>,<1.5,3.0,0.01> }
>                 }
>         }
>         text {
>                 ttf "timrom.ttf"
>                 "High Tech Automation"
>                 0.1, 0
>                 scale 0.15
>                 translate <-0.2, 2.6,-0.01>
>         }
>         hollow
> }
> 
> intersection {
>         plane {
>                 z, 0
>                 texture {
>                         material_map {
>                                 gif "joy.gif"
>                                 interpolate 2
>                                 once
>                                 texture { JoyTexture }
>                                 texture { pigment { color rgbt <0,0,0,1> } }
>                         }
>                 }
>         }
>         box {
>                 < 0.01,0.01,-0.01>, < 0.99,0.99,0.01>
>                 texture { pigment { color rgbt <0,0,0,1> } }
>         }
>         translate <-0.1,-0.03,-0.3>
>         scale 3
>         hollow
> }
> 
> light_source {
>         < 3,4,-3>,
>         color White
>         spotlight
>         radius 15
>         falloff 20
>         point_at <0,1.5,-0.3>
> }
> 
> /*
> fog {
>         fog_type 2
>         color rgbt <1,1,1,0.3>
>         distance 10
>         fog_offset 0
>         fog_alt 1
> }
> */

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