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All,
I have been using POV-RAY for a while on my NT machine and just recently
installed it on my Windows 98 machine. My problem is with the fonts. POV-Ray
seems to be applying some sort of algorithm to the ASCII code and turning my
text into junk. As an example if I type in "ThnF" I get in return "*47#". At
first I thought POV-Ray was just substituting the memory address of the
sting instead of the actual data but this is not so. I can type in "TTT" and
I will get "***". I can type in "FFF" and I will get "###". I am using
POV-Ray 3.1 for Windows and I have Windows 98 Version A. I have tried
reinstalling the program with no success. I would greatly appreciate any
help or advice on the matter.
Dan Griffis
thisismewith@(NOSPAMPLEASE)yahoo.com
Senior Computer Programmer &
Soon to be Game Developer
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Dan Griffis wrote:
> All,
>
> I have been using POV-RAY for a while on my NT machine and just recently
> installed it on my Windows 98 machine. My problem is with the fonts. POV-Ray
> seems to be applying some sort of algorithm to the ASCII code and turning my
> text into junk. As an example if I type in "ThnF" I get in return "*47#". At
> first I thought POV-Ray was just substituting the memory address of the
> sting instead of the actual data but this is not so. I can type in "TTT" and
> I will get "***". I can type in "FFF" and I will get "###". I am using
> POV-Ray 3.1 for Windows and I have Windows 98 Version A. I have tried
> reinstalling the program with no success. I would greatly appreciate any
> help or advice on the matter.
Have you tried it with different fonts?
--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
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"Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
> Have you tried it with different fonts?
I was going to suggest the same thing but knowing that our resident
POV-Ray font expert was going to come along and suggest something more
elegant I held off. That will teach me :)
--
Ken Tyler - 1300+ Povray, Graphics, 3D Rendering, and Raytracing Links:
http://home.pacbell.net/tylereng/index.html http://www.povray.org/links/
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Ken wrote:
> "Jon A. Cruz" wrote:
>
> > Have you tried it with different fonts?
>
> I was going to suggest the same thing but knowing that our resident
> POV-Ray font expert was going to come along and suggest something more
> elegant I held off. That will teach me :)
Oh, well if I knew I held that title, I'd have gone ahead and blamed it on
horrible Apple Mac TTF fonts. They sure are ugly beasties.
But it could be because POV-Ray is looking for the Apple support only. Or
the more likely case that it is using a cmap with encoding type 6, which is
broken in the standard POV. Once Dan lets us know more details on his
problems, it will all come clearer.
--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
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> Have you tried it with different fonts?
Yes, I have. It produces the same results but, the characters are in that
font style. So I get an Arial * etc ...
Dan
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Jon A. Cruz <jon### [at] geocities com> wrote in message
news:38A### [at] geocitiescom...
> Dan Griffis wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I have been using POV-RAY for a while on my NT machine and just recently
> > installed it on my Windows 98 machine. My problem is with the fonts.
POV-Ray
> > seems to be applying some sort of algorithm to the ASCII code and
turning my
> > text into junk. As an example if I type in "ThnF" I get in return
"*47#". At
> > first I thought POV-Ray was just substituting the memory address of the
> > sting instead of the actual data but this is not so. I can type in "TTT"
and
> > I will get "***". I can type in "FFF" and I will get "###". I am using
> > POV-Ray 3.1 for Windows and I have Windows 98 Version A. I have tried
> > reinstalling the program with no success. I would greatly appreciate any
> > help or advice on the matter.
>
> Have you tried it with different fonts?
>
I guess I should have kept the original text on so people can see what I was
replying to ;)
Yes, I have tried all the fonts in my fonts dir. They all repeat the same
results. I continue to get the different characters, but they are just
represented in their respective font type. So, the program is seeing the
font dir; it can read the fonts, but it is just mixing up the acsii code it
seems like.
Thanks for the help :)
Dan
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Dan Griffis wrote:
> I guess I should have kept the original text on so people can see what I was
> replying to ;)
>
> Yes, I have tried all the fonts in my fonts dir. They all repeat the same
> results. I continue to get the different characters, but they are just
> represented in their respective font type. So, the program is seeing the
> font dir; it can read the fonts, but it is just mixing up the acsii code it
> seems like.
Which version of POV-Ray?
3.0? 3.1, 3.1g, Superpatch? MegaPOV?
--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
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Jon A. Cruz wrote:
> Dan Griffis wrote:
>
> > I guess I should have kept the original text on so people can see what I
was
> > replying to ;)
> >
> > Yes, I have tried all the fonts in my fonts dir. They all repeat the
same
> > results. I continue to get the different characters, but they are just
> > represented in their respective font type. So, the program is seeing the
> > font dir; it can read the fonts, but it is just mixing up the acsii code
it
> > seems like.
>
> Which version of POV-Ray?
> 3.0? 3.1, 3.1g, Superpatch? MegaPOV?
I am using POV-Ray 3.1.g.watcom.win32 (I got this info from the about box).
I am working on the ttfdump and I'll send the results over as soon as it
finishes downloading.
Dan Griffis
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Dan Griffis wrote:
> Jon A. Cruz wrote:
> > Dan Griffis wrote:
> >
> > > I guess I should have kept the original text on so people can see what I
> was
> > > replying to ;)
> > >
> > > Yes, I have tried all the fonts in my fonts dir. They all repeat the
> same
> > > results. I continue to get the different characters, but they are just
> > > represented in their respective font type. So, the program is seeing the
> > > font dir; it can read the fonts, but it is just mixing up the acsii code
> it
> > > seems like.
> >
> > Which version of POV-Ray?
> > 3.0? 3.1, 3.1g, Superpatch? MegaPOV?
>
> I am using POV-Ray 3.1.g.watcom.win32 (I got this info from the about box).
>
> I am working on the ttfdump and I'll send the results over as soon as it
> finishes downloading.
>
> Dan Griffis
Got it. The problem is that the Apple Mac cmap in your fonts (platform ID 1,
format 0) is of Format 6, Format 6 is broken in the official POV-Ray. Strange
that all my Windows 98 fonts have no problems, but all yours do.
The SuperPatch would probably work for you for now.
--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.
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> > I am using POV-Ray 3.1.g.watcom.win32 (I got this info from the about
box).
> >
> > I am working on the ttfdump and I'll send the results over as soon as it
> > finishes downloading.
> >
> > Dan Griffis
>
> Got it. The problem is that the Apple Mac cmap in your fonts (platform ID
1,
> format 0) is of Format 6, Format 6 is broken in the official POV-Ray.
Strange
> that all my Windows 98 fonts have no problems, but all yours do.
>
> The SuperPatch would probably work for you for now.
Jon,
That fixed the problem! Is this an know issue for POV-Ray or should I
submit
a bug report on it? Thanks again for all the help! You're the man ;)
Dan
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