Wingdings 3 apparently comes with Windows XP and is almost exclusively arrows.
Steve Cavanaugh Sr. Technical Writer NAT Seattle Inc. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:framers-bounces+scavanaugh=nat-seattle.com at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of J. Paul Kent Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 4:29 AM To: Framers Subject: Oops! Look ma, no fonts! I just noticed that my new PC doesn't have the Zapf Dingbats font I've been using to show arrows in my documents. These guides use an arrow in the text to show nested menu selections like "Tools->Language->Set Language." I guess I'm not committed for life to the arrows, but they've worked nicely to date, the client seems to like them, and I like them. I can think of any number of potential work-arounds, but I'll bet someone has thought of this before. My first thought was to look at my Microtype Shortcuts document for which key strokes to use to get a slightly different arrow in a font that IS installed, but that revealed two new problems. First, I haven't installed the MicroType (is it a plug-in, I forget) Shortcuts on this new machine. Second (looking at my old machine that does have it installed), it looks like the Shortcuts document assumes a "Dingbats" font that also isn't installed on this new machine. So, new machine is running XP Media Center Edition, whereas old machine is running XP Pro. Is this where the font issue stems from? This machine is new enough that I can get the Vista upgrade for free, and it has the horsepower to run it well, so I need to take an eventual upgrade into account when I consider the optimum solution. That is, if I'm going to be installing new fonts that work on XP and then installing new fonts again that work on Vista, maybe I should upgrade first (not really ready to do that yet unless I have to). Thanks in advance, J. Paul Kent 206-383-0539 206-508-1144 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as scavanaugh at nat-seattle.com. Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/scavanaugh%40nat-sea ttle.com Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
