Patrick Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In Windows XP, if I type the Alt+0248 in the command prompt with the font > set to "raster fonts," I get an o. If I type it in a command prompt with > the font set to Lucida Console, I get the ΓΈ. However, it only works if I > change the font before I type the character. > > So I am guessing that in XP, whatever code page you have selected, if the > default font for the command line doesn't have the character you want, > you're stuck with the closest approximation in that font.
I hadn't thought of that. In Windows 2000 I am using Lucida Console, while my colleague's NT 4 computer on which I conducted the test was using the "Terminal" bitmap font. I didn't know the NT 4 system was doing substitutions based on what was available in the font, but it seems that's what's happening. Thanks for the info. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
