Font and Symbol problems

[travis]

I would appreciate help if anyone has a solution for this. I'm using Word 2004 on Leopard. I'm trying to translate old english, and i found that the Hoefler Text has a few letters and symbols I need - the problem being that word won't read them.

I have tried going to Insert and Symbol, but when i insert the symbol i need, all i get is a box where the character should be. I opened Font Book and it says that the Hoefler font is installed.

the 'ae' and 'AE' symbols work [the ones where both letters are conjoined].

But the others don't work. ['the others' being mostly vowels - capital and lowercase vowels - with a straight line above them... like you see in a dictionary when a vowel is pronounced long. there's another symbol - a capital D with a line in it - and i'm not sure how to describe the other symbols. one looks kind of like a lowercase d and the other is like a lowercase p.]

So... how do I get word to recognize all the symbols and letters in this font? or is there another font that works?

 

[CyberTaz]

Hello Travis -

Have you tried increasing the line spacing? If the text is 12 pt for
example, set the line spacing to At Least: 14.4 pt rather than Single.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[John McGhie]

The font you are using does not have the characters.

Display Character Palette and use it to look for a font that does have it.

Lucida Grande is one.

Cheers

read them.

I have tried going to Insert and Symbol, but when i insert the symbol i need,
all i get is a box where the character should be. I opened Font Book and it
says that the Hoefler font is installed.

the 'ae' and 'AE' symbols work [the ones where both letters are conjoined].

But the others don't work. ['the others' being mostly vowels - capital and
lowercase vowels - with a straight line above them... like you see in a
dictionary when a vowel is pronounced long. there's another symbol - a capital
D with a line in it - and i'm not sure how to describe the other symbols. one
looks kind of like a lowercase d and the other is like a lowercase p.]

So... how do I get word to recognize all the symbols and letters in this font?
or is there another font that works?

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