Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 1:08 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > That is the actual ASCII 63 wingdings character. He wants the right arrow, something not even IN the wingdings character set (at least on Mac). > I went into LibreOffice (where it won't paste th

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Bob S. wrote > Better. Not the exact one tho. The dingbat one is thicker. I didn't name a fontsize. The one you get in the rtftext (in your case fs20/2=10) is dependent on the scale of the pdf when you copied the char. So the size should be related to the surronding textsize both in the pdf a

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Don't ask me what a curvong cat looks like. I meant CurvING. ;-) Bob S > On Feb 8, 2018, at 14:29 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > I get a square box with a question mark. If I paste the result of this in > Word, I get what looks like a right curvong cat claw. :-) > > Bob S ___

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I get a square box with a question mark. If I paste the result of this in Word, I get what looks like a right curvong cat claw. :-) Bob S > On Feb 8, 2018, at 14:21 , hh via use-livecode > wrote: > >> Bob S. wrote: >> {\rtf1\mac {\fonttbl{\f0\fnil \fcharset77 Wingdings;}{\f1\fnil \fcharset77

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
Better. Not the exact one tho. The dingbat one is thicker. Honestly if all he needs is an icon, I always just zoom in 2x or 4x, get a screen shot of the character, and paste it into my favorite png editor. Bingo. Hi res graphic. Bob S > On Feb 8, 2018, at 13:47 , BNig via use-livecode > wro

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread hh via use-livecode
> Bob S. wrote: > {\rtf1\mac {\fonttbl{\f0\fnil \fcharset77 Wingdings;}{\f1\fnil \fcharset77 > (Message);}} > {\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;} > \pard \f0 \fs20 \cf1 \u61672?\f1 \fs22 \'00} So, on Mac it is numToCodepoint(61672) in font "Wingdings" ___ u

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread BNig via use-livecode
maybe he likes put numToCodepoint(0x2794) HEAVY WIDE-HEADED RIGHTWARDS ARROW' (U+2794) Kind regards Bernd -- Sent from: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.ru

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
That is the actual ASCII 63 wingdings character. He wants the right arrow, something not even IN the wingdings character set (at least on Mac). Bob S > On Feb 8, 2018, at 12:04 , BNig via use-livecode > wrote: > > would this do? > > put numToCodepoint(0x270D) > > from > http://www.alanw

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
put the clipboardData ["htmltext"] & cr & cr & the clipboardData["rtftext"] produces: � {\rtf1\mac {\fonttbl{\f0\fnil \fcharset77 Wingdings;}{\f1\fnil \fcharset77 (Message);}} {\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;} \pard \f0 \fs20 \cf1 \u61672?\f1 \fs22 \'00 } > On Feb 8, 2018, at 12:01 , Bob Snei

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode
These government pdfs are nasty in general, and made with something sloppy. When I try pasting it into LibreOffice, I get nothing at al! -- Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. (702) 508-8462 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please vi

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread BNig via use-livecode
would this do? put numToCodepoint(0x270D) from http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings.html Kind regards Bernd -- Sent from: http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/Revolution-User-f278306.html ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@li

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
I have checked this every which way. I converted the PDF to Word. Word says it's the wingdings font. LC tells me it is ascii 63. Either LC is lying, or else this character is getting converted somhow. Bob S > On Feb 8, 2018, at 11:49 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > wrote: > > This is quit

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
This is quite odd. On my Mac, when I type a question mark with the WingDings font in Word I do NOT get a forward error I get something completely unrelated. If I copy it, then in the LC message box I enter put charToNum(the clipboarddata["text"]) I get 63, which is the character for question mar

Re: representing this character from a pdf

2018-02-08 Thread Bob Sneidar via use-livecode
It's Wingdings ASCII 63 size 10pt. Bob S > On Feb 8, 2018, at 11:35 , Dr. Hawkins via use-livecode > wrote: > > For the form at http://www.uscourts.gov/file/19456/download, I am trying to > replicate the fat little arrow to the right of question 1 (and so forth)> > > When I paste into live