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Support general unicode string names (Chinese font, accents, etc)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
48/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Quiet
Tech stack
cpp, python

Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue in Polyscope's Python interface with Chinese characters and accented names, then trace the UI text-rendering path. Confirm how the displayed '?' is produced and identify the relevant font or string handling behavior. The work is done when general Unicode names render correctly in the UI.

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Description

enhancement help wanted

Polyscope is an easy-to-use program. I try to customize the UI using the python version, but the Chinese characters can't be displayed. The display is '?' Is there any way to display it? thanks in advance!

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