How do I create text that uses 16 bit or ISO 8859 characters?
To access high bit characters (upper 128 characters in an 8 bit font) on UNIX/X11 systems, you can use the mod3 key to toggle MetaCard fields to enter characters with the high bit set. Use the program “xmodmap” to determine which keyboard key is bound to to mod3 and to bind one if there isn’t one already. Unfortunately, learning the key binding can be difficult. If you only have a few characters to enter, the easiest way is probably using the “Character Chooser” or the numToChar() function (on UNIX/X11 systems, you can get the number of the character you need by displaying the font with the “xfd” program). To access the fonts for other languages (e.g. those that use 16 bit characters), you’ll need to set the textFont property to the font name in the “Object Font” dialog, or by typing it into the Message Box. To specify a font set on UNIX systems (for 16-bit fonts), put all of the fonts required (separated by commas) in the textFont property. For example, to make the first line of a fie
