Frame 9 and ZapfDingbats

[Art Campbell]

Yes, the code you enter calls a glyph from the same relative position
in each font.
If you're still not getting the correct symbol from Zapf, it's
possible that the font file is so old that it doesn't support unicode;
if so, you may need to update it.

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On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 7:13 PM, Ealasaid A. Haas <writer at ealasaid.com> wrote:
> Hurm, all of those codes produce an image of a hand holding a pen. If I
> change the font, the image turns into other things.
>
> Thanks,
> Ealasaid
>
> Lea Rush wrote:
>
>>Hi Ealasaid,
>>
>>My first guesss would be that the Unicode support in F9 is the culprit. I'm guessing that you're using one of these characters?
>>
>>❃      2743    HEAVY TEARDROP-SPOKED PINWHEEL ASTERISK
>>❄      2744    SNOWFLAKE
>>❅      2745    TIGHT TRIFOLIATE SNOWFLAKE
>>❆      2746    HEAVY CHEVRON SNOWFLAKE
>>❇      2747    SPARKLE
>>❈      2748    HEAVY SPARKLE
>>❉      2749    BALLOON-SPOKED ASTERISK
>>❊      274A    EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK
>>❋      274B    HEAVY EIGHT TEARDROP-SPOKED PROPELLER ASTERISK
>>
>>(from http://www.alanwood.net/unicode/dingbats.html)
>>
>>I now use unicode codes to enter a mu character and several others, thanks to an excellent discusson on this list a few weekes ago. Press ALT+(four digit code, no parenthesis) to enter the character.
>>
>>Hope this helps,
>>Lea
>>
>>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com [mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ealasaid A. Haas
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:16 AM
>>To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>>Subject: Frame 9 and ZapfDingbats
>>
>>Hi, everyone!
>>
>>I've recently switched to Frame 9 at work and have been able to use the
>>templates I designed in Frame 7.1 without much trouble. The one issue
>>I'm having that I haven't managed to solve so far is a weird one.
>>
>>I use a large orange asterisk in a floating text box next to Note
>>paragraphs, to call attention to them. To create this asterisk, I use
>>ZapfDingbats font on a "]" character. Since switching to Frame 9, the
>>wrong symbol is displaying. I've checked everything - the paragraph
>>style, the character style, I've even tried switching to a different
>>font and then back to ZapfDingbats, I've tried reentering the ]...
>>nothing works! It's displaying the wrong thing. It still works in Frame
>>7.1, I checked -- so it's not an issue with the font itself. (It works
>>in Word, too: a "]" becomes the nice asterisk I like when I use
>>ZapfDingbats font on it.)
>>
>>Anybody have similar issues?
>>
>>I know I could just make a graphic, but I would like to figure out why
>>this isn't working.
>>
>>Thanks a bunch!
>>
>>Ealasaid Haas
>>
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