Try using a graphics program like Paint Shop Pro, PhotoShop, etc
create a large box and "type" the letter/symbols into the box
then save it as a image file - for safty reference
Then copy/paste each letter/symbol into its own file.
http://www.krackedpress.com/temp/symbols-all.jpg 44k in size
this link is a large "box" with ?some/all? of the symbols ( in 26 point
size - hopefully)
if it has all of the symbols you want/need - you can cut/paste them
into the individual symbol files
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Detwiler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Question on a custom symbol font
Thanks for the response, and especially thanks for going to the trouble of
installing the font.
I don't have to use this as a font, I could use the symbols as graphic
objects to be inserted. My next question, then, is how to I obtain graphic
images from the font characters? I can think of an in-elegant difficult
way of doing it, which would be to print out what I need from WordPad,
scan it, and then cut out the particular images. I have to think that
there is a better way though.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There has to be some error in the font
that OOo 2.0.3/.4 cannot deal with.
I have used many symbol fonts in OOo
so it has to be a problem with the font file itself.
My font repair program "free trial" is over
so I cannot us it to see if it can be fixed
I just installed it and used Word
I looked at the font in High-Logic's MainType
and say all of the symbols starting at character #61696
BUT
Fontographer 4.1 show the symbols starting at character #256
and "regular" letters in their proper places.
There has to be an error in the font
Do you need the symbols as a font
or could you change them into small
images and insert them into the text???
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Detwiler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 1:42 PM
Subject: [users] Question on a custom symbol font
I am using Windows XP SP2, and OOo 2.0.4.
I downloaded and installed on my system (using Settings > Control Panel
> Fonts etc) a special font consisting of orienteering symbols. A bit
more information about it is available at
http://www.ecko.org.uk/font.html It is a .ttf font. I did a system
restart after installing.
OOo recognizes the font as far as showing it on the list of fonts
available. However, when I attempt to use the font, it does not show the
symbols that it is supposed to, instead just showing letters, numbers,
etc.
I went into WordPad and tried the font and it works fine. It shows the
orienteering symbols like it is supposed to. I also tried it with
NotePad and it works fine there also.
I'm really pretty ignorant about the inner workings of fonts, having had
no need up to now to learn much about them. Does anyone have any
suggestions as to why this font isn't working? Thanks for your help.
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