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From: gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: mathematical laser fonts
Message-ID: <76000081@uiucdcsp>
Date: 17 Dec 87 21:57:00 GMT
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I believe I am using a very recent version of Keycaps.  I have a Mac
II and I am running the keycaps that came with multifinder.  I know
how to select the symbol font from the keycap menu.  I can also get
*most* of the mathematical characters, such as and, or,
left-facing-subset, left-strict-subset, R(real), TM,
etc.

HOWEVER, Here are a few keys that do not appear.  I guess you must
somehow type them using some kind of accenting, or else there is a bug
in this font file or keycaps: Here is a description of 4 missing
characters (pict is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise)

pict	description			Hex Code
   U|   right-facing subset		CB
   U    right-facing strict subset	CC
  -U-   not-strict subset		CD
   |~   mathematical not character.	D8

Please check your machine; if you find these characters in YOUR
keycaps, then tell me how to type them.  They ARE in your machine, I
just don't think you can easily get to them.  

So to the basenote writer: There may be more mathematical characters
in the symbol font THAN IT APPEARS.  My suggestion is to get the "Font
Librarian" public-domain program, get a listing of (a) Times Font, and
(b) Symbol Font.  Then type ALL 255 Times Font characters using accent
marks (see mac manual for how to type accented characters) into a
file.  Or if you know a better way to store all 255 codes in a text
file, use it.  Then convert the character codes into Symbol Font.  You
will find characters you never knew you had!

This is awfully non-WYSWYG, if you ask me.  Someone suggested I use
the MS-Word glossary to get these characters more easily -- good
suggestion.  But you have to find them first!

Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
            {gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu}