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Surreybirder · Aug 21, 2003

esmondb said:
Windows users, if you ever want to find that character that is not on your keyboard. On your start menu click 'run' and type 'charmap' (without the quotes). Most of you will have this program installed by default (Win95 users might have to install it from their OS CDROM)

It will allow you to browse all of your installed fonts and copy any character into your documents. It will also give you the ALT code (if available) to type in directly (See Robinm's message) and a description of the symbol.

But it's only any use if the person you are sending the document to has the same font. I have the m and f signs in my Word programme but I couldn't paste them on to this board -- as I said previously it just became an "F"

digi-birder · Aug 21, 2003

But Colin's said he only needs them for a paper he's writing, not for the web or for sending electronically, so the charmap system described by EsmondB or the link provided by saluki should be OK.

Thanks to both of you for your information - very useful.

saluki · Aug 21, 2003

"But it's only any use if the person you are sending the document to has the same font."

Mail the font with the file. I do it all the time when I need artwork converting to film. Technically, it's illegal with some fonts (good fonts cost a fortune) but the freeby on the site I supplied should be okay.

saluki

saluki · Aug 21, 2003

. . . or make a .pdf file in Word - that will embed the fonts in the document.

saluki

cjay · Aug 21, 2003

thanks folks I have got it now.

Colin J.

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