On Dec 27, 2004, at 2:40 PM, Trent Buck wrote:
Up spake bulia byak:
What is double-bucky-cokebottle?
Lots of modifier keys. See Jargon file.
I haven't tried but this may work. (Ctrl+U is our own Unicode thing, but we use standard GTK means for text input).
I've only ever done it accidentally, so I can't be more precise. Check with the GTK2 people.
As far as I know PS does not support Unicode. So you'll need to convert text to paths on export.
Yes!! It worked just fine. (Ctrl+U plus the Unicode Hex code) When exporting to eps, the "convert text to paths" was on by default, and the final pdf I got by converting the eps with Apple preview looks great...
Here is an entry for the FAQ, perhaps?: ------------------------------------------------------ Q: My math symbol or other special font is available on my computer, and shows correctly in the "Font" tab of the "Text and Font" dialog, but does not appear on the Inkscape canvas when I press "Apply". What should I do?
A: At this time, you must enter the character's UTF-8 (Unicode) encoding as a hexadecimal number, when entering text directly on the canvas (unfortunately, as of Inkscape 0.40 this can not yet be done in the "Text" tab of the "Text and Font" dialog; if you cannot find a table of Unicode encodings on your computer, see the list at http://www.unicode.org/charts/; for example, the integral sign character in the Math Symbol font is "222b"). After selecting the desired font in the "Font" tab of the "Text and Font" dialog, enter text on the canvas by choosing the "Create and Edit Text Objects" tool, and then typing "Ctrl+U". Enter the 4-character UTF-8 encoding in the "Unicode:" dialog box that appears at the bottom of the canvas. (Note: when saving your work in eps format, make sure that the option "convert text to path" is checked in the dialog box that appears, to preserve the symbol). ------------------------------------------------------------------
Ideally, the text tab dialog would access a list of unicode encodings: I suppose this should be there somewhere on each computer that has such fonts installed, but this location probably depends on the operating system and distribution and would need to have been entered in "Inkscape Preferences", if such a feature was implemented.?
Duncan