On 1/5/2015 5:53 PM, william humphrey wrote: > I noticed that √ which is a checkmark on Mac-OS is | a pipe symbol on Windows. > > Is there a font I can choose on my design that will work the same on > Windows and Mac? > > I hope I don't have to put a bunch of "check which platform and do > this or that". I assumed the font characters were the same and I'm > kind of surprised. > Characters in characters codes below 128 are the same between platforms. OSX and Windows use the ASCII character codes from 128-255 differently regardless of Font. So, unless you are using LiveCode 7, if you are using any character above ASCII 127, you do have to check what platform you are on. See the isoToMac and macToIso functions in the LiveCode Dictionary as well.
And yes, it sucks. Paul Dupuis Researchware _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
