I've tried to write some Greek text in Houdini apprentice but it can't accept it

Searched to find any encoding options but no result.

Can anyone help me on this??

I used the windows edition v6.1.208 in winXP

Hi,

The Font SOP reads True Type Fonts so if you have the Greek font file, you can use the “Font Manager” to install it.

Alternatively, you can use Adobe Illustrator to export .eps files which Houdini reads. I would recommend searching the forum on how to get the .eps file into Houdini.

Another method will be to save the text as an image then use the Trace SOP to create curves out of the image.

Have fun!

Cheers!
steven

You must use decimal representation of symbols with “\” in front.
For example:
\192\193\194
Create Font SOP, select any TT font with national encoding, put this expression into text field:
\\`$F`
Now drag time slider to find native symbols.

Thanx a lot guys for your valuable words.
They really helped.

What i like more in houdini is that it runs well enough on my AcerAspire1600 Laptop.

Is there any way that i can change the encoding itself so that i can work with TT fonts that support all the encodings (western etc..)

When i try to work with ‘Arial’ for example with the “ \\`$F` ”, it gives me all the characters from the western encoding of the TTF.
If there is any way i could change the encoding of the TTF then it would support any character of any language font.

Does anyone know a way to do this???