Re: Typing Mac cloverleaf symbol

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From: Howard C. Simonson
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1985 08:19

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In article <1886@tekig1.UUCP> briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm) writes:
>> >> I am trying to output the Mac control key symbol - the cloverleaf - from
>> >> the keyboard. I cannot find the correct hidden character from the various
>Well, it is also easy to use the Resource Editor to copy these symbols into
>another font at an unused character location.  "ASCII" 217 is a good choice
>because it can be typed into applications as "Option Shift ~", the upper
>left key on the board.
>
>Watch out though.  If you define it in, say, Geneva 12 (replacing the rabbit),
>then you will need to place it double sized into Geneva 24 (if it also is in
>your system), or else "High Quality" printing will not show the new character.
>-Brian Diehm
>Tektronix, Inc.  (*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR DISCLAIMER! ***)

Is this the same rabbit used on the standard DA "Control Panel"?  If so,
beware of such a side effect.
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From: howard@amdahl.UUCP (Howard C. Simonson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Typing Mac cloverleaf symbol
Message-ID: <1344@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 29-Mar-85 03:19:23 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar 29 03:19:23 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 1-Apr-85 03:18:06 EST
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Summary: Replace the rabbit with a clover, side effect?

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