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Re: Zapf Dingbats

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From: John DeRosa
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 1990 15:25
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freak@cbnewsc.att.com (c.e.malloy..iii) writes:

>In article <1990Jun4.134931.14882@gdt.bath.ac.uk> ccsdc@gdt.bath.ac.uk (Dave Cunningham) writes:
>>On the subject of Zapf Dingbats, does anyone know why all the pointing
>>characters (arrows, hands, scissors, etc.) point to the right and why there
>>are no left pointing versions? 

Refer to the Macintosh Bible and the latest two addendums.  They
show how to access the left facing arrows and the missing numbers.
I believe that the way to do it was with some key sequences similar
to getting the accent characters above vowels.
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From: derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa)
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Subject: Re: Zapf Dingbats
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Date: 11 Jun 90 15:25:35 GMT
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