[username132]

Hi, I want to use the symbol  (from Webdings) in GIMP, but when pasted in from the Windows Character Map, a different character shows up in the text-editing window and nothing shows up in the image.

Edit: Actually, the symbol isn't showing correctly on this forum either. According to the Character Map, the code is 0x9D. I don't know how to make use of this information. Alt+0x9D doesn't work.

[Oregonian]

Since I'm using Linux, I have to use Unicode.

It comes out  but my code list says it's, "not used." I get the same symbol you do.

When I do it in Open Office Writer with Webdings I get a page with a corner turned down and lines like writing on it. I tried it in gimp and it comes out like the one in here.

Here is where I get my codes.

http://www.alanwood....demos/ansi.html

[Oregonian]

Here is a screen shot of the character I did in OOWriter. GIMP won't render it.

[MNM]

Webdings=font, correct?
Couldn't you just add it to gimp and use it?
Am i missing something here? :P

[username132]

With Webdings set as the font in GIMP, insertion of this character does not work. It works if I type ordinary letters or numbers from my keyboard (I then get an array of symbols) but it does not work for this character (and possibly other characters too).

[MNM]

Which characters? (and what buttons are they)

[PhotoComix]

i have a dozen or more of webdings installed but only 1 show up in the gimp font list

I may use that 1 and that works as supposed , obviously i may not use the others not showing up .

But i may well use them from my font manager and then paste the screenshot in Gimp

[MNM]

I have one installed and one in the gimp, which button should i push? :P

[username132]

I don't know what button generates the piece of paper. It may well be none of them, since there are more characters than buttons on a standard keyboard.

[PhotoComix]

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I have one installed and one in the gimp, which button should i push?

To type the symbol you wish?..that remain a mystery for me,

the Flaming Skull will correspond to A ,B ...or to what? and which the letter for the Pirate and the Old Hippie's Skull ? :?:
How figure out? i may get a sort of character map but then what i am supposed to do over impose a standard ABC map to find the correspondences? :?:

Still a unsolved mystery

[MNM]

This is the equivalent character in Arial font: "¾"
So unless you got a button like that you might wanna do a print screen and some rendering.

[Oregonian]

Some fonts have what are called extended characters. They go beyond the standard keyboard characters. It's kind of like Dr. Seuss's book, On Beyond Zebra. Most of those extended characters are for people who don't use English on their computers.

You can access them with special keyboard combinations such as the Alt + NumPad or Unicode. In the link up there to the ANSI characters the first column is the one you can use with the Alt + NumPad but you must add a zero to the beginning of the number.

If I were using Windows and wanted the euro symbol I'd do this: While holding down the Alt key, I'd type 0128 on the Number Pad and then let up.

Since I'm using Linux I have to use Unicode and do this: Ctrl + Shift + U, type the number for the euro (20ac) and press enter. Here is the resulting euro symbol: €. Unicode is usable in Windows or Linux.

Here is an example of a font that has extended characters. Scroll down to the bottom and you can see the font has extended characters. Some fonts don't have those.
http://www.dafont.co...sans-light.font

Unfortunately, the Webdings character is one GIMP won't do. I have done other extended characters in GIMP and they work fine.

For example: those of you using the Swedish keyboard have access to this symbol: Å. I don't since I'm using the US English keyboard and I have to use Unicode to access it.

[Oregonian]

Bye the way, username132, you can get a similar character in GIMP by typing the 2 in Wingdings.

I hope I made my post about the extended characters above this one clear. :wink: