How do I print unicode characters?

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From: Greg_Sayre
Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:53

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When I send this the following postscript to a printer (actual contents bracketted by rows of asterisks):
* ************************** % e with a backquote
newpath
/Helvetica findfont
12 scalefont
setfont
/ypos 720 def
100 ypos moveto
(This � has a backquote on top of it) show
showpage
* ************************** The e with the backquote on it prints as a big zero with a slash through it. How do I get this to print like an e with a back quote (hex e9)?
I am thinking I should use a unicode font or some CMAP or cidfont, but I don't know how to do that. Would someone please show me an example?

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