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Re: Typing Mac cloverleaf symbol

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From: Brian Diehm
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1985 18:34
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> >> 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
> >> fonts. Does anyone know which key/font/point size to type?
> >
> The Cloverleaf symbol is directly available in the enhanced Geneva font that
> accompanies the Princeton fonts. I believe this symbol is mapped to
> the `-key (in the upper-left corner of the Mac keyboard (shifted)). This, I
> beleive is printable in an application! (?).

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.

Once you have modified your system fonts with the Resource Editor, you can of
course save the modified fonts with the Font Mover application.

-Brian Diehm
Tektronix, Inc.  (*** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR DISCLAIMER! ***)
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From: briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Typing Mac cloverleaf symbol
Message-ID: <1886@tekig1.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Mar-85 13:34:57 EST
Article-I.D.: tekig1.1886
Posted: Mon Mar 25 13:34:57 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Mar-85 03:02:31 EST
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