Re: TIP: Using Unicode chars as icons

2011-10-29 Thread Richmond Mathewson
On 10/29/2011 04:02 AM, Pete wrote: Any recommendations for fonts to take a look at? So far, I've been through Zapf Dingbats, WIngdings, and Webdings. Still looking for a calendar and a search (magnifying glass?) Pete Molly's Revenge Frankly, if you are lookin

Re: TIP: Using Unicode chars as icons

2011-10-28 Thread Pete
Any recommendations for fonts to take a look at? So far, I've been through Zapf Dingbats, WIngdings, and Webdings. Still looking for a calendar and a search (magnifying glass?) Pete Molly's Revenge On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 10:56 AM, stephen barncard < stephenrev

Re: TIP: Using Unicode chars as icons

2011-10-28 Thread stephen barncard
Another trick is to create a polygon in script, I created a disclosure triangle that requires no icon image. (looks good when rotated, too) On 28 October 2011 09:54, Pete wrote: > Thanks for reminding me of that Devin. I had just started using characters > from symbol fonts as button labels and

Re: TIP: Using Unicode chars as icons

2011-10-28 Thread Pete
Thanks for reminding me of that Devin. I had just started using characters from symbol fonts as button labels and turning them into images removes my last concern about doing that. Pete Molly's Revenge On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Devin Asay wrote: > > On O

Re: TIP: Using Unicode chars as icons

2011-10-28 Thread Devin Asay
On Oct 28, 2011, at 3:48 AM, Michael Kristensen wrote: > Hi there > > Icons can be quite space-saving and also pleasing to the eye. > > But somtimes the hazzle of making the icon in a paint app and import it into > Livecode and keep it in a hidden place is to much. > > On a Mac there is a pal

TIP: Using Unicode chars as icons

2011-10-28 Thread Michael Kristensen
Hi there Icons can be quite space-saving and also pleasing to the eye. But somtimes the hazzle of making the icon in a paint app and import it into Livecode and keep it in a hidden place is to much. On a Mac there is a palette calle "Keyboard". It can show the thousands of chars/symbols in a U