workaround for beveled text

examples/Mentor/06.3.Complex3DText.py

@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+###
+# Copyright (c) 2002-2007 Systems in Motion
+#
+# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+# ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+#
+
 """
 This is an example from the Inventor Mentor,
 chapter 6, example 3.
@@ -50,7 +67,10 @@ def main():
 
     # Choose a font likely to exist.
     myFont = SoFont()
-    myFont.name = "Times" # "Times-Roman"
+    # times new roman somehow changes the normals of the text and so the beveling
+    # is done in the wrong directions. Commenting out this line solves this issue here
+
+    # myFont.name = "times" # "Times-Roman"
     root += myFont
 
     # Specify a beveled cross-section for the text