On Wednesday, February 9, 2011, John M. Dlugosz <[email protected]> wrote: > Using the "used fonts" extension, I found a few things, including use of > "Wingdings" of all things! Searching for that, I found it used in "Note for > Mac users", which is present in every document and comes from the template. > > It turns out that the "Command Key" symbol is typed using the 'z' character > and changed to Wingdings font. My understanding is that this font is > including (only) on Microsoft Windows. So, the Mac users whom this is aimed > at will see a 'z' instead, or perhaps something goofy as it gets substituted > with some random symbol font. Is it actually visible on people's Mac's? > > The character '⌘' encoded as U+2318. I see that it is not present in the > Liberation fonts used by the main text, but it shows up anyway in the > document. I presume this is some kind of font fall-back ability. So, at > least using the standard Unicode character will show up even if the needed > font is absent! And what font to use? > > Linux Biolinum Kb has it, but in a "key cap" outline. That may be OK for > this specific usage, though it doesn't match the other key-typing > explanations. I also note it is in some of the DejaVu fonts, which appear to > have been used in previous versions of the OOo documents, and Symbola, > available at <http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/> and "free for any use". > > I think we should change this in the Template and throughout. Thoughts? > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ > *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity *** >
That character shows correctly on my Mac. Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/www/documentation/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived for eternity ***
