How do I display unicode (non-ascii) characters using SVGGraphics2D?

[Jody Schofield]

Hello,
I'm trying to create an SVG file using the SVGGraphics2D so that I get the following:

<text ...>&#xAB;Label&#xBB;</text>

i.e. <<Label>>

The << and >> are single characters.  When I call drawString( "&#AB;Label&#BB", x, y );  I get <text ...>&amp;#xAB...

Thanks for any and all help.
Jody

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Jody Schofield
Software Developer, Aurora Shapes Team
Rational Software / IBM Software Group
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