Hi Harold, *,
2008/1/4, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> On 04/01/2008, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> > On 04/01/2008, Manfred J. Krause wrote:
> > > 2008/1/4, Harold Fuchs wrote:
> > > > On 04/01/2008, Alec McAllister wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > [...] but it's worth knowing that Unicode defines
> > > > > a number of proper ticks [...] and crosses,
> > > > > starting at 2713 (hex), i.e. in the Dingbats range.
'Dingbats' is a specified Unicode Block:
U+2700 – U+27BF (174 characters)
[like 'Basic Latin' or 'Greek Extended'].
> > > > [...]
> > > > My version of Writer doesn't have Dingbats ...
> > > >
> > > > Do you mean *Hex* 2713? How do I get that character on a Windows
> > > > system, please?
> > >
> > > [Writer/Calc] ->
> > >
> > > Insert | Special Characters
... and inside the 'Special Characters' window (top right):
> > > -> Font: [select font (1)]
... see selection below;
most of the fonts don't have characters
in Unicode Block 'Dingbats').
> > > -> Subset: [scroll down to] Dingbats
> >
> > Errrm. No. Wingdings and webdings but *not* dingbats.
> >
> > > ... voilà ...
> > >
> > > (1)
> > > suggestion e.g.:
> > >
> > > U+2715 ✕
> > > U+2713 ✓
> >
> Errrm. No. Not on Windows. If I type 5 characters ("U2715") I get just that.
> If I hold down the U key it starts repeating. Perhaps on *nix/Mac/???
That's a misunderstanding.
These fonts (e.g.) are capable for 'Dingbats':
>
> DejaVu Sans
> > > Arev Sans
> > > Arial Unicode MS
> > > Free Serif
> > > StarSymbol
> > > (OpenSymbol)
>
> Sorry - I don't know what I did but the previous got sent before I'd
> finished.
You may try ->
BabelMap (Unicode Character Map Utility)
<http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Software/BabelMap.html>
Manfred
