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6474
When MSWord makes an (ugly) arrow when you type -->, where does it get it from? It's not the (much nicer) Symbol arrow, and when you choose it, it just claims...
Peter T. Daniels
sweetpeteny
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Mar 14, 2006
7:50 pm
6475
... If the current font is a Unicode font, perhaps the arrow is U+2192 or U+279D. -- Anton Sherwood, http://www.ogre.nu/ "How'd ya like to climb this high...
Anton Sherwood
brontopithecus
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Mar 14, 2006
8:01 pm
6476
... You could try cutting and pasting some text including that character into a plain text editor such as Notepad and see if it is preserved. Another thing you...
Andrew Dunbar
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Mar 14, 2006
8:07 pm
6477
... You can get rid of the MSWord rule that does this under Tools / Autocorrect Options / Autocorrect tab and down where it's got "Replace as you type" there...
Lorna_Priest@...
lorna75236
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Mar 14, 2006
9:35 pm
6478
... I _want_ it to do that. It's a lot quicker than switching fonts every time I need an arrow. I also use the underscore-before-and-after to get italics --...
Peter T. Daniels
sweetpeteny
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Mar 17, 2006
11:56 pm
6479
The arrow is a character with the code 224 (decimal) from the Wingdings font. With kind regards, Primoz ... [Non-text portions of this message have been...
Primoz PETERLIN
primozpeterlin
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Mar 17, 2006
11:57 pm
6480
... It has nothing to do with Unicode, since it's on my computer. If Wingdings is in my system, I'll take it out and see what happens. But if it were in an...
Peter T. Daniels
sweetpeteny
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Mar 17, 2006
11:57 pm
6481
... It isn't; naming a Unicode code point doesn't tell me what font it is. -- Peter T. Daniels grammatim@......
Peter T. Daniels
sweetpeteny
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Mar 17, 2006
11:57 pm
6482
... Faster than Ctrl-i? ... How can you tell? (Maybe there's a prior question of what one thinks "Unicode font" means.) I see that Word doesn't allow you to...
Peter Constable
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Mar 18, 2006
8:15 pm
6483
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060327/D8GJSHUG0.html ~mark...
Mark E. Shoulson
seqram2
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Mar 28, 2006
7:44 pm
6484
... I now know of another script using these marks. They're used in some Pali examples written in the (Southern) Shan script in another of Michael Everson's...
Richard Wordingham
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Mar 30, 2006
11:10 pm
6485
... "on behalf of"? ... Consider hand positon on the keyboard. The Shift key is a normal typing-movement, the Command key is out-of-range. Of course I have to ...
Peter T. Daniels
sweetpeteny
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Apr 5, 2006
6:12 pm
6486
Dear Peter, ... This works for me, using Word 2002 on XP: Insert ... Symbol ... {choose my font, e.g. Symbol} ... insert the sort of arrow that I want. ...
Alec McAllister
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Apr 5, 2006
6:12 pm
6487
... The example is now available in http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3080.pdf on p5 as Figure 1. The bull's eyes in the Pali in Shan script are short i...
Richard Wordingham
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Apr 14, 2006
11:35 am
6488
Some of the letters I've never seen before. That's very interesting. Brittanie ... The example is now available in ...
Brittanie McCormack
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Apr 15, 2006
10:49 am
6489
That was the title of a series of inoffensive cartoon-like amusements, each based on one selected kanji. As I recall, the actual meaning was generally ignored,...
Nicholas Bodley
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Apr 16, 2006
10:54 am
6490
Quote from: http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/indiana-jones/lucasarts-promises-euphoria-170116.php which is apparently a review of a game called "euphoria": "Note...
Mark E. Shoulson
seqram2
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Apr 28, 2006
1:57 am
6491
Be glad it wasn't bold and then you would have had to puff yourself up first. ... From: qalam@yahoogroups.com [mailto:qalam@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark ...
Tex Texin
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Apr 30, 2006
8:21 am
6492
... I wonder: does IPA, or any other current system of phonetic transcription, have a symbol for "lean forward approximately N degrees"? -- Marco...
Marco Cimarosti
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Apr 30, 2006
3:10 pm
6493
I'm not sure Brittanie Marco Cimarosti <marco_cimarosti@...> wrote: ... I wonder: does IPA, or any other current system of phonetic transcription, have...
Brittanie McCormack
wapogipo928
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May 1, 2006
9:19 am
6494
Brittanie McCormack wrote: ... Did I forget to smile? :-) -- Marco...
Marco Cimarosti
marcocimarosti
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May 1, 2006
9:55 am
6495
Yes, ;) and I meant about the IPA thing. Brittanie Marco Cimarosti <marco_cimarosti@...> wrote: Brittanie McCormack wrote: ... Did I forget to smile?...
Brittanie McCormack
wapogipo928
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May 1, 2006
5:18 pm
6496
Perhaps I should take one step forward every time I want to change the subject of the conversation since in essence it IS a new paragraph....?...
Karen OKeefe
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May 3, 2006
1:21 pm
6497
... I don't know if this was ever answered. Slash delimits parameter switches in VMS, which incidentally had a hideous syntax for subdirectories. -- Anton...
Anton Sherwood
brontopithecus
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May 8, 2006
9:09 pm
6498
The last upgrade was at the end of 2003. It's Unicode 4.1 compatible, and apparently has a new policy for unregistered use. The wording isn't quite clear, but...
Nicholas Bodley
nikevich
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May 9, 2006
8:21 pm
6499
It's blatantly commercial, but does have enough info. to be worth a look, imho. Motorola wanted/needed to work out a really-good method for entering Chinese...
Nicholas Bodley
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May 18, 2006
2:07 am
6500
Good night, I invented both a language (Silarg) and a writing (Argpal) : My free site explaining both : http://www.argor.org This writing is called Argpal. It...
JP
jp_argor
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May 20, 2006
5:28 pm
6501
Hi, I like the writing system for your language. I was wondering if you have a font for it. If you do could you please send a copy to me? Thanks Brittanie JP...
Brittanie McCormack
wapogipo928
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May 22, 2006
7:01 pm
6502
Hi, I only saw your mail this night, because I was in holliday until now. There's no font for Argpal writing but a software I wrote and to be installed... 1)...
argor.org
jp_argor
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Jun 4, 2006
5:45 pm
6503
Ok Thanks Brittanie "argor.org" <argor.org@...> wrote: Hi, I only saw your mail this night, because I was in holliday until now. There's no font for...
Brittanie McCormack
wapogipo928
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