On 04/01/2008, Manfred J. Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi *, > > 2008/1/4, Harold Fuchs wrote: > > On 04/01/2008, Alec McAllister wrote: > > > [...] > > > > > > This isn't exactly what was originally asked for, but it's worth > knowing > > > that Unicode defines a number of proper ticks (we Brits don't call > them > > > "checks") and crosses, starting at 2713 (hex), i.e. in the Dingbats > range. > > > > As I Brit I normally don't call them check marks either but, when in > Rome > > ... > > > > 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 > -> Font: [select font (1)] > -> Subset: [scroll down to] Dingbats
Errrm. No. Wingdings and webdings but *not* dingbats. ... voilà ... > > (1) > suggestion e.g.: > > U+2715 ✕ > U+2713 ✓ Errm. DejaVu Sans > Arev Sans > Arial Unicode MS > Free Serif > StarSymbol > (OpenSymbol) > > Manfred > -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
