On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:47:39 +0100 "M Henri Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> 2007/2/23, John Jason Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:11:31 -0500 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] dijo: > > Ubuntu Linux up to and including OOo 2.0.2 on Dapper: Hold down Ctrl > > +Shift and type the hex code for the character. > > Ubuntu Linux after the above: Hold down Ctrl+Shift and type u; release > > Ctrl+Shift and type the hex code; hit spacebar. > John Jason, my version of Linux/OO.o is that which is supplied with Edgy, i > e, 2.0.4. I've tried to produce an «ƒ» in OO.o using both of the above > methods, i e, Ctrl + Shift + 0083 (on the numeric keys with Num Lock on), > and Ctrl + Shift + u, release, then typing 0083 and hitting the space bar. > The first method produces nothing at all, the second a symbol which I cannot > reproduce here, but which resembles something which might be found in an > Indic alphabet (of interest is the fact that the second method on my text > editor or here on Gmail - i e, in Edgy itself, produces a «» !). Have I > missed a step ? It would be handy to have access to all the Unicode glyphs > (a good place to find them is at http://unicode.coeurlumiere.com/), over and > above the ones I can produce using various Alt Gr + and Alt Gr + Shift + > combinations.... Henri, The problem is that an esh is hex 283, not 0083. I don't know where you got 0083 from, but it's not the esh character. Also, on Windows you need to add the 0 (zero) in front of the decimal code, but in Linux you must ignore the leading zeroes before the hex code. I have an RTF file explaining this in more detail that I posted here: http://web.pdx.edu/~johj/ Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you will see the RTF file. You have to right-click on it, then Save As in order to download it. You will also need the Junicode font from the link up above in order to view the RTF file properly. Regarding the Junicode font: Junicode is an open source font that is freely distributable. It is not only attractive, but it has a very complete character set. I'm a linguistics major and I use it for just about everything. I think some of the problems you (and others) are having is that the font you are using does not have the character you are typing. Install the Junicode font and set your document to it. On Linux unzip the file and copy the ttf files to /home/<yourusername>/.fonts. You may need to restart OOo before it will see them. If you don't want to use Junicode and you are on Windows you can use Arial Unicode or Lucida Sans Unicode, both of which I think have pretty complete character sets. If you are on Linux you can install msttcorefonts, which I think contain the Arial Unicode and Lucida Sans Unicode fonts. Microsoft made these fonts public so anyone can use them. On a Debian system like Ubuntu they are listed in Synaptic or you can use "apt-get install msttcorefonts" from the command line. If you are on an RPM based distro you need to use adept, but I don't know what the GUI is called (Yum?), or how to use adept. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
