Thanks, at least I now know it can;t be done automatically. Will start on the finagling.
Anne On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:34 PM, Jonathan Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2014, at 10:28 PM, Anne Cartwright <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I've tried using superscript and subscript but it doesn't match whatever >> Pages has for the other fractions. I'm emptied to just use millimeters but >> then everyone would wonder why? or what? >> >> The fractions Pages has are single characters. I had hoped I could just >> change the eight to sixteen, but that takes out the whole fraction. > > You answered your own question. Those are single characters. They are a part > of the Unicode spec, but fractions with two digits in either part of the > fraction are not included. Where would you have it stop? What typographers do > is to use superscript[1] and subscript and maybe adjust the size a bit to > suit, and then take out the space between the numbers and the diagonal. > > Best you can do when you get past the single-character ones. Sorry. > > j. > > [1] Actually typographers use "superior" characters (slightly different), but > good luck finding those in your everyday word processor. The more advanced > page layout programs have them, but that's about it. > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > FileMaker 9/10/11/12 Certified Developer
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