[Framers] Special Characters in Variables

[Art Campbell]

Interesting thing on the fonts, Klaus.
Both solutions work, but I opted for Tino's because my font isn't Unicode.


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On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 5:16 AM, Klaus Daube <ddd at daube.ch> wrote:

> On 7 Feb 2016 at 12:32, Art Campbell wrote:
>
> > On FM 15, I'm working with a product name that I want in a variable that
> > contains dashes/hyphens (like Jack-In-The-Box).
> >
> > The Frame text key sequence of Esc - h doesn't work, and the ASCII
> > sequence of Alt 2011 doesn't work.
>
> Definition in the Variable: n–m—nobreak\u2011broken?
> Running my text with a non-Unicode font Lucida Bright:
> => At the place of the \u2011 a ? is inserted in the text:
>
> Running my text with a Unicode font (Lucida Sans Unicode)
> displays a - correctly and it behaves as intended.
>
> [image: graphic]
>
> So the problem is in the font which You use.
>
> HTH Klaus Daube
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