Finding symbols

Q

Quijote

Where do you find the “P†inside a circle for “performance copyright� I
found the © ® but not the “Pâ€
Thank you--
Señor Quijote
 
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JoAnn Paules [MVP]

Sometimes you need to open the Character Map and do some digging. Sometimes
you have to use Google. (I'd start with the first option myself - but that's
just me.)
 
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James Silverton

Tony wrote on Thu, 2 Feb 2006 00:42:32 -0000:

TJ> Answered in the word.docmanagement group.

You intrigued someone else who did not ask the question and had
no idea that the symbol existed. I see that there seems be a
very full list at
http://www.bigbaer.com/reference/character_entity_reference.htm

However, in MS Word all these symbols seem to be in MS Gothic
which is not a font that I much like. Are there any other fonts
available with these characters? I note that there are many
mathematical symbols and even temperature symbols. However, I
think I will continue to use two characters rather than the
single one given by Alt+8451: °C rather than ?. (I don't know
if I can post the things unless I post in Unicode :)

James Silverton.
 
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James Silverton

James wrote to Tony Jollans on Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:10:55 -0500:

TJ>> Answered in the word.docmanagement group.

JS> You intrigued someone else who did not ask the question
JS> and had no idea that the symbol existed. I see that there
JS> seems be a very full list at
JS>
http://www.bigbaer.com/reference/character_entity_reference.htm

JS> However, in MS Word all these symbols seem to be in MS
JS> Gothic which is not a font that I much like. Are there any
JS> other fonts available with these characters? I note that
JS> there are many mathematical symbols and even temperature
JS> symbols. However, I think I will continue to use two
JS> characters rather than the single one given by Alt+8451: °C
rather
JS> than ?. (I don't know if I can post the things unless I
JS> post in Unicode :)

I now know that I would have had to use Unicode and probably
others
will not receive them either.

James Silverton.
 
T

Tony Jollans

It can be a problem using some unicode characters. It depends what fonts you
have on your machine and that, in turn, depends to some extent on your
operating system and other software you have installed.

I don't have MS Gothic. I do have Arial Unicode MS and Lucide Sans Unicode,
both of which have the sound recording copyright symbol and quite a wide
range of other characters.
 
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James Silverton

Tony wrote on Thu, 2 Feb 2006 07:53:57 -0000:

TJ> I don't have MS Gothic. I do have Arial Unicode MS and
TJ> Lucide Sans Unicode, both of which have the sound recording
TJ> copyright symbol and quite a wide range of other
TJ> characters.

Thanks, IMHO those two allow much more satisfactory Celsius and
Fahrenheit temperature symbols if you accept a sans serif font.
It's another little mystery, and one that misled me, that even
if you are typing in Arial, MS Word (2002) chooses MS Gothic
for the symbols :)

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland.
 
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