Grass text fonts

[Darrell McCauley]

> Is it possible to use different (French) characters within 
> the tool d.text and d.legend.
> I mean characters like "accent circonflex","accent grave",
> ..... etc.

I looked in the 4.0 source installed here and it looks like
some things may have changed since I last thought about fonts
(e.g., Hershey fonts). Can anyone provide information/pointer
to documentation regarding fonts and any ongoing development?

--Darrell