has anyone had any success utilizing unicode characters in pd? Specifically, I want to use the chess pieces:

var K = '\u265a'

var Q = '\u265b'

var R = '\u265c'

var B = '\u265d'

var N = '\u265e'

var P = '\u265f'

var MT = '\u00a0'

but of course, the '\' is dropped- so any ideas?

[makefilename] springs to mind. No idea if it will work but it's worth looking at.

I agree, [makefilename] probably has the key, but it seems I will have to write a chesspiece object on the tcl/tk level, and then port it up to pd. Can anyone point me on a good path to start this journey?