It's all good and it's all Windows! (Except for me.. but I don't count and I switch back and forth)

Thanks!



Jallan wrote:
Steven Cox wrote:
I need to be able to put a checkmark in a document. I don't want to use a form field, as the box shows up.

Can anyone point me to a Font in Windows that has a checkmark, or is it possible to turn off the box so that while the checkmark prints the box doesn't. (The other problem I have with using a form field is my printer is printing an X rather than a checkmark.)

The only standard Windows font with a check mark is Webdings. ( See http://www.microsoft.com/typography/fonts/font.aspx?FID=5&FNAME=Webdings )

The disadvantage to using this font is that the check mark is coded as U+F061, private use Unicode range, and the many non-Windows users who do not have this font will not see the character properly. This may not matter if you want your check mark for hard copy printouts, or to distribute in PDF format, or only intend it to be seen on Windows machines.

You can also use one of the two check marks from the Open Symbol font that is installed with OpenOffice. These have the proper Unicode assignments of U+2713 (CHECK MARK) and U+2714 (HEAVY CHECK MARK) and may be visible to anyone who has any large Unicode font on their system which supports these character, for example many of the ones listed as having the Dingbat characters at http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/fonts.html#general

Jallan

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