[Inkscape-user] is there any way to put math symbols (symbol font) on a picture?

Hi

I'm experimenting with inkscape for drawing figures for a scientific paper (physics, where lots of greek letters and math symbols are used to label things)

The final desired form is pdf: I'm exporting from inkscape svg to eps, then converting to pdf with the Mac OS X "preview" application.

Is there any hack or workaround to get inkscape to use a characters from a math symbol font? (It seems to recognize things line "wingdings", not just roman characters)

Thanks for any suggestions.