Re: symbols

by Jeff Kane <jeffkane(at)pobox.com>

Date:	Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:06:21 -0400
To:	Katrina Lobbia <klobbia(at)hotmail.com>
Cc:	hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org
In-Reply-To:	hotmail
	todo: View Thread, Original

For whatever platform you're using, you should become familiar with the
ways of accessing the various symbols and alternate characters that may be
found in a font family. Several replies have given tips for Windows. On the
Mac, alternate characters can be found using the Key Caps utility, which is
included with the operating system. On the Mac, the copyright symbol is
accessed by OPTION-g.

Occasionally, a font may not have the symbol you want, or you may not like
how it looks in that font. In those situations, consider using a different
font for that particular symbol. Also, in some situations, you may want to
change the point size for a particular symbol.

If you want to use the copyright symbol in HTML, you can simply type it the
same way you would elsewhere, but I'm not sure that all systems would
translate the character properly. The alternative is to use  &#169;  for
copyright.


--Jeff

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>While we are on the topic of symbols and the such....
>
>Anyone know an easy was to put the little copywrite symbol into the text
>tool in photoshop? is there a font that has it in it?
>I've done several images for people that need this symbol, but have never
>been able to locate it.
>
>TIA
>Katrina :o)
>
>
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