Re: The name of the typeface

Paul Belay wrote:
"Louise Bremner" wrote ....
> LB wrote:
>
>> Small correction: when using the Character Map, don't select the Symbol
>> font, select the Arial Unicode instead. You have MS Office, so you must
>> have the Arial Unicode font also.
>>
>> Then encode your message in UTF-8.
>>
>> ∀ ∁ ∂ ∃ ∄ ∅ ∆ ∇ ∈ ∉ ∊ ∋ ∌ ∍ ∎ ∏ ∐ ∑ − ∓
>> ∔ ∕ ∖ ∗ ∘ ∙ √ ∜ ∝ ∞ ∟ ∠ ∡ ∣ ∤ ∥ ∦ ∧
>> ∨ ∩ ∪ ∫ ∬ ∭ ∮ ∯ ∰ ∱ ∲ ∳ ∴ ∵ ∶ ∷ ∸ ∹ ∺ ∻
>> ≁ ≂ ≃ ≅ ≄ ≆ ≇ ≈ ≉ ≊ ≋ ≌ ≍ ≎ ≏ ≐ ≑ ≒
>> ⊖ ⊗ ⊘ ⊙ ⊚ ⊛ ⊜ ⊝ ⊞ ⊟ ⊠ ⊡ ⊢ ⊣ ⊤ ⊥ ⊦ ⊨ ⊩
>> ⋦ ⋧ ⋨ ⋩ ⋪ ⋫ ⋬ ⋭ ⋮ ⋯ ⋰ ⋱
>> ⋒ ⋓ ⋔ ⋕ ⋖ ⋗ ⋘ ⋙ ⋚ ⋛ ⋜ ⋝ ⋞ ⋟ ⋡ ⋢ ⋣ ⋤ ⋥
>>
>> Lots of question marks in that Character Map, aren't there?
None where I'm sitting. There are rather a lot of ?'s though ... _unless_ you
are using Arial Unicode MS.

So far as I can see, that font isn't installed here. I don't do Microsoft, unless I absolutely have to (and then it's on a different machine, because certain of my clients would have kittens if they discovered that I did their work on a computer that's connected 24/7 to the Internet...).

The point is that not all fonts include all unicode characters / symbols.
And that unless you use the hated HTML format what font your message
is _viewed_ in is determined by the viewer's settings and SW not the poster's.
Even having HTMLed this post if you don't have Arial Unicode MS it will be
sheer chance whether the font you are using will have all the characters or
not. 

Yup. I think my point is made.

P.S. If you try this _don't_ view the source page of your post or all you
sybols will turn to ? marks. 
.

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