Off-Topic: Fun With 'Fonts'!

by FOG, Thursday, January 10, 2013, 02:59 (4281 days ago)
edited by FOG, Thursday, January 10, 2013, 03:05

If you're running a PC, there is a little-known but still very useful Windows utility program called 'Character Map' (charmap.exe) that gives you access to the 'full' character sets for all of the fonts installed on your machine.

For example, modern PCs usually come with a font called 'Verdana' - and this board uses that font by 'default' - but your keyboard only shows you part of the story.

Let's say you want to type a 'degree symbol' (as in temperature), or a common fraction, such as one-quarter or one-half.

JMO, but 'Character Map' (charmap.exe) is a pretty slick way of doing that and more.

Screenshot (degree symbol)

Typed (ALT+0176 = Old Skool)

It's a sunny 72° in San Diego.

Common Fractions (also 'typed' = copied from Character Map)

⅛, ¼, ⅜, ½, ⅝, ¾, ⅞

'More'

I'm bored. Can you tell?

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