There's a tab symbol glyph at Unicode point U+21E5. It's a glyph consisting of a rightwards arrow to a bar. Many keyboards with a Tab key include this symbol as part of the key label. More information here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_(symbol) I missed the first part of the question so I'm not sure where/how this symbol will be displayed, but I'd display that one if possible. That'd be my #1 choice. Failing that, there's a negation symbol (¬) which is arguably a stylized/abstract version of that tab symbol. That's at code point 95 in EBCDIC code page 37, for example. A double closing guillemet (») is another possibility. You can find that at code point 139 in EBCDIC code page 1047, for example. If these symbols are sufficiently rare/nonexistent within the context of the information you're presenting you can probably get away with them, though I like the idea of a footnote. Does anyone remember what DisplayWrite/370 uses to illustrate an embedded tab (if anything)? It might be the double closing guillemet or negation symbol, but perhaps my recollection is mistaken. There was some convention here that IBM adopted in its various office systems products, but I just don't remember it since it was a bit before my time. I think it might have been the » symbol, though. An older IBM CUA publication might provide some guidance. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples GMU VCT Architect Executive (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
