I lost Thora Whitehead ' s address ( snail-mail ) ... Would somebody among
you have it ? Thanks in advance , Franck Frydman
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Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: Re-umlaut & useful software
> Harry,
>
> Yes, the extended characters do make shell data labels look rather slick.
>
> It should be noted that most of these Alt-combination key strokes are
font-
> dependent. That is, when using Times Roman, Arial, Helvetica, etc., you
> will most likely get different results. Most decorative fonts will not
> yield any extended characters. It takes some trial and error to figure
out
> what works with the available fonts you have. But here's a quick solution
> to that problem...
>
> An excellent free download program called "The Font Thing" allows you to
> quickly look at the extended characters for any font on your computer with
> the ALT character number. It is a freeware font management software to
> browse, sort, and select all of the fonts on your computer, group them by
> styles (serif, sans serfic, script, decorative, and pictorial), view the
> font details, add notes about the script font (for instance, notes about
> the fonts you use for a particular project), and make side-by-side
> comparisons of different font faces to select the most appropriate font
for
> your needs. You can also download and install fonts from this program.
> Not bad for free.
>
> I've been using the program for more than a couple of years and find it to
> be one of the most valuable pieces of software when working with graphics
> and fonts. I do not have any stake in this product. It is just darn
good!
> It can be downloaded at:
>
> http://members.ozemail.com.au/~scef/tft.html
> This is the creater's Web site. It is also available on a number of
> freeware download sites.
>
> Though it says that it will operate with Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0, I am
> using it with Windows ME and Windows 2000 with no ill effects.
>
> And to continue, here are some additional Alt key combinations that may be
> useful at some time or another -- I am using the "MS Sans Serif" font
here:
>
> Alt 248 = (degree symbol) for Latitude and Longitude (3920'N, 7625'W)
> Alt 0177 = (plus or minus) as in 10 fathoms of water.
> Alt 0189 = (fraction half)
> Alt 0188 = (fraction quarter)
> Alt 0174 = (registered symbol)
> Alt 0170 = (squared exponent)
> Alt 0169 = (copyright symbol)
> Alt 0166 = ( ;-) )
> Alt 0165 = (Yen symbol)
> Alt 0164 =
> Alt 0183 = (bolded bullet)
> Alt 0163 = (British pound currency symbol)
> Alt 686 = "
> Alt 687 = "
> Alt 0665 = T (trademark) does not work in all fonts
> Alt 0185 = (single exponent)
> Alt 0144 =
> Alt 0137 = ?
> Alt 0135 = ?
> Alt 0134 = ?
> Alt 0133 = .
> Alt 0128 = ?
> Alt 0140 = O
> Alt 0188 = (quarter fraction)
> Alt 0189 = (half fraction)
> Alt 0190 = (three-quarter fraction)
> Alt 0208 =
> Alt 0215 =
> Alt 0247 =
> Alt 0216 =
> Alt 0248 =
> Alt 0222 =
> Alt 0254 =
> Alt 0223 =
> Alt 0240 =
>
> And for Leslie, the elusive beta character:
> Alt 225 = (works in MS Sans Serif, Times New Roman, Helvetica)
> (Alt 223 in some fonts)
>
> Here are some international letter combinations:
> Alt 0167 =
> Alt 136 =
> Alt 650 = (grave e)
> Alt 642 =
> Alt 649 =
> Alt 648 =
> Alt 656 =
> Alt 647 =
> Alt 640 =
> Alt 646 =
> Alt 645 =
> Alt 672 =
> Alt 644 =
> Alt 643 =
> Alt 654 =
> Alt 651 =
> Alt 652 =
> Alt 653 =
> Alt 673 =
> Alt 659 =
> Alt 660 =
> Alt 661 =
> Alt 674 =
> Alt 409 =
> Alt 641 =
> Alt 662 =
> Alt 663 =
> Alt 675 =
> Alt 666 =
> Alt 998 =
> Alt 657 =
> Alt 658 =
> Alt 664 =
> Alt 676 =
> Alt 677 =
> Alt 671 = f
> Alt 678 =
>
>
> And some links to check out. Remember, each represents font dependent Alt
> characters. Experiment:
>
> http://members.aol.com/MonT714/tutorial/ALTchrc.html
>
> http://www.mesweet.net/altkeysymbols.html
>
> http://www.coloryourprofyle.com/phade/alt.html
>
> http://nslsweb.nsls.bnl.gov/nsls/misc/ascii-symbols.htm
>
> Many other resources are available
>
> Rich
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