Re: Zapf Dingbats

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From: Philip Machanick
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 1990 19:25

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In article <3461@crystal9.UUCP>, derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes:
> 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.
While we're on this subject, I wonder why subset and subset or equal
symbols are mapped to characters which are hard to type, whereas
the less frequently used superset equivalents aren't. Could it be that
someone at Apple or Adobe (whoever was responsible for this ordering)
is left handed (another sinister plot)?

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu

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Subject: Re: Zapf Dingbats
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