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 = (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 =
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 =
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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