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On Nov 18, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Peter Clifton wrote:

> Actually, I don't think gschem copes properly with _printing_ generic
> unicode symbols. On-screen should work just fine, but IIRC, the printing
> code has not yet been updated to use cairo rendering.

That's my experience. I can place Japanese text in a schematic without trouble, it renders correctly on screen, but PostScript interpreters barf at printed output.

> 
> I vaguely recall that certain symbols (possibly including omega) did
> previously print to post-script correctly,

Yes, Ω has worked OK for awhile. But in general, the printing code cannot cope with Unicode.

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