Martin Simon wrote:
Does there exist in FM, or Word, if necessary, a keyboard shortcut for
the drafting symbol for centerline. That being the letter C with the
letter L written over it, with the L aligned slightly lower.
The centre line symbol (this is how Windows Character Map spells it) is
available in at least Arial Unicode and Lucida Sans Unicode at position
U+2104. That's beyond Framemaker's reach (until FM8, we hope), but you
would be able to make yourself a graphic in Illustrator or some other
Unicode-aware drawing application by copying the character from
Character Map and saving it as a drawing.
Word is also Unicode-aware, so you can easily get this character in
Word, if you have a font like Arial Unicode. Just Insert Symbol, change
the font to Arial Unicode, and type in character code 2104.
There are also, presumably, fonts made for CAD programs that put this
character in the ANSI range, which would make it available to Frame. A
quick Google got me to http://www.quietdesigns.com/index.html, which
sells a font that puts the character in both its proper Unicode position
and at ALT 0167 (replacing the ยง section sign that's normally there).
They have a free version of the font too. I didn't download it to see if
centerline is there or not.
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com
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