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Thread #75582   Message #1329404
Posted By: Bob Bolton
16-Nov-04 - 10:13 PM
Thread Name: Tech: How do Americans type a pound sign?
Subject: RE: Tech: How do Americans type a pound sign?
G'day all,

The Alt (0)XXX codes are by far the fastest way to get a whole range of odd characters ... as long as you know the codes and the (fairly minor) rules.

I have a 'Reference Card' for a basic font (Times New Roman) - showung all 128 characters in the AASCI 'second set' - hanging by both my work and my home computer. This was printed out from a small font viewing app called FontSee (normally used to scroll through fonts, printed out in their characters, looking for the one you want to use ... getting old-fashioned, now that good publishing programs show the font names in their appropriate characters).

Lots of useful codes in there.

Regards,

Bob