On 2013-Jul-01 4:48 PM, Mike Wickham wrote:
First, if you haven't already, you need to turn on the unicode keypad.
It's turned off in Windows by default. Use regedit to find the key
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Input Method". Right-click on it,
choose New and then String to create a new string called
"EnableHexNumpad" with a value of "1". (Don't type the quotes.)
REBOOT. Don't forget to reboot!
Now, you will be able to type unicode characters by holding down the
left-alt key and simultaneously pressing the plus sign on the keypad,
and then (while still holding down the left-alt key) enter the unicode
character. Then release the left-alt key. (Note that the right-alt
key does not work for this.)
So, for your example you would hold down your Left-Alt key, and then
(simultaneously) on the numeric pad:
press +
press 2
press 0
press 0
press 8
and then release the Alt key. Some Unicode characters have the hex
letters a to f in them. Simply enter them from the main keyboard
(while still holding down the Left-Alt key).
PLEASE NOTE that the punctuation space that you want to enter will
ONLY appear if the font you are using contains it as a defined
character. (Most fonts do not.)
Mike Wickham
There's also this, which I haven't tested:
http://www.fileformat.info/tool/unicodeinput/index.htm
and this, which I have used a fair amount:
http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html
BabelMap is useful because it does show the existence (or not) of
particular glyphs in a font. FM's character palette lies to you, by
substituting from a different font when it encounters glyphs lacking in
the font you're using. And it doesn't bother telling you about the
substitution.
s.
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