> BTW, I know this sounds like a newbie question but: has anyone got a nice
> way to round or bevel the edges on those letters?

Typically, I answered my own question! Here's a simple macro I just bashed 
together:

#macro BevelledText( Font, Text, Thickness, AlignH, AlignV, Bevel )
 #local Obj = text { ttf Font Text Thickness, 0 #if ( AlignH ) 
h_align_center #end #if ( AlignV ) v_align_center #end }
 union {
  object { Obj clipped_by { plane { -z, -Bevel } } }
  intersection {
   #local a=0; #while ( a < 360 )
    object { Obj translate -Bevel*z Shear_Trans(x,y,vrotate(z+x,z*a)) 
translate z*Bevel }
   #local a=a+45;#end
   //plane { -z, 0 }
   clipped_by { plane { z, Bevel } }
  }
  bounded_by { object { Obj } }
 }
#end

It's not perfect (you can see some glitches in the concave corners) so if 
anyone has a better solution I'd like to know :)

-- 
Tek
http://evilsuperbrain.com

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