Just for your info,
You might think Win user has advantage on ALT+num typing to call up
Unicode character but OS X does have that option, too :-)
Enable Unicode Hex Input from Locale Preferences. When you want to type
Unicode character, for example, 1/2, select the Hex Input located by the
Anyone know how to get ½ into a text expression? (That looks like
1/2, if your email client isn't showing the glyph, which appears to
be Unicode.)
Finale's lack of support for Unicode keeps putting crimps in my
workflow. My text font for this project is Times New Roman, if that
makes a
I've used the Metronome/MetTimes fonts for a long time now - there is a 1/2
character in that.
http://www.dvmpublications.com/metronome_information.htm
John Roberts
On 5/20/07 8:23 AM, Christopher Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Anyone know how to get ½ into a text expression? (That looks
Hi Christopher,
Not sure I understand your problem here. Don't the TNR extended characters
work on your platform? At the risk of telling you something, you already
know, the 3 extended characters in TNR that produce 1/4 (type Alt-0188 with
Numlock on), 1/2 (-0189) and 3/4 (-0190). For
I'm on Mac. No alt numbers there. Many of the characters have opt-
keystroke combinations (for example, the © symbol is opt-G), but not
all characters have opt keystrokes, and I was having trouble finding
the ½ glyph in a font that used the opt-keys instead of Unicode.
Notice I have no
