ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) (05/06/89)
There appears to be at least one character in the PS Symbol font that is not
mapped onto the keyboard. I am referring specifically to the left-pointing
subset symbol. The right-pointing version is there--Option-Space I think.
The character is there alright, the Symbol font palette in MacEqn says so.
So how in the blazes can I get at it? (I am using MS Word 3.02.)
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In article <1029@tasis.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) writes: > There appears to be at least one character in the PS Symbol font that is not > mapped onto the keyboard. I am referring specifically to the left-pointing > subset symbol. The right-pointing version is there--Option-Space I > think. [stuff deleted] Ben, while in Symbol font, you should use cmd-opt-Q to enter the code for that symbol (it's 205). There are some others as well - like "not-in-improper-subset" symbol... Cheers, -- John Zic "He's dead, Jim ... but not as we know it!" ACSnet: johnz@basser.oz.AU (johnz%basser.oz.AU@UUNET.UU.NET) UUCP: {uunet,mcvax,ukc,nttlab}!munnari!basser.oz!johnz
phssra@mathcs.emory.edu (Scott R. Anderson) (05/25/89)
In article <1029@tasis.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) writes: >There appears to be at least one character in the PS Symbol font that is not >mapped onto the keyboard. I am referring specifically to the left-pointing >subset symbol. The right-pointing version is there--Option-Space I think. >The character is there alright, the Symbol font palette in MacEqn says so. >So how in the blazes can I get at it? (I am using MS Word 3.02.) I guess pointing direction is a matter of taste; I would say that the left-pointing versions are the ones which are easily accessed, with option-; (for proper subset) and option-space (for any subset). Anyway, the character you want is given by the two-key combination option-n, shift-a (for proper subset) or option-n, shift-o (for any subset). Nothing like a little symmetry. I found this information using a neat little DA called KeyFinder. It gives you the complete character set of any font, and if you click on a particular character, it gives you the keyboard equivalent (if you then release the mouse, it will insert the character into your document if you ran KeyFinder with the option key down). * * ** Scott Robert Anderson gatech!emoryu1!phssra * * * ** phssra@unix.cc.emory.edu phssra@emoryu1.bitnet * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,aus.mac Subject: Re: Unmapped characters in Symbol Font Summary: Expires: References: <1029@tasis.utas.oz> Sender: Reply-To: phssra@emory.UUCP (Scott Robert Anderson) Followup-To: Distribution: Organization: Department of Physics, Emory University, Atlanta Keywords: In article <1029@tasis.utas.oz> ben@tasis.utas.oz (Ben Lian) writes: >There appears to be at least one character in the PS Symbol font that is not >mapped onto the keyboard. I am referring specifically to the left-pointing >subset symbol. The right-pointing version is there--Option-Space I think. >The character is there alright, the Symbol font palette in MacEqn says so. >So how in the blazes can I get at it? (I am using MS Word 3.02.) I guess pointing direction is a matter of taste; I would say that the left-pointing versions are the ones which are easily accessed, with option-; (for proper subset) and option-space (for any subset). Anyway, the character you want is given by the two-key combination option-n, shift-a (for proper subset) or option-n, shift-o (for any subset). Nothing like a little symmetry. I found this information using a neat little DA called KeyFinder. It gives you the complete character set of any font, and if you click on a particular character, it gives you the keyboard equivalent (if you then release the mouse, it will insert the character into your document if you ran KeyFinder with the option key down). * * ** Scott Robert Anderson gatech!emoryu1!phssra * * * ** phssra@unix.cc.emory.edu phssra@emoryu1.bitnet * * * * * ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *