Thursday, April 29, 2010

ITC ZAPF DINGBATS

You won't be able to see the graphics below without the Dingbats font installed(hearts, arrows, star, bullet, etc.).

Free FontDon't have Dingbats?
You can get 'em at:
www.Fonts.com.

Either use the "Insert" function as instructed above, or the following sampling of keyboard shortcuts (you'll find more at Insert, Symbol):

Heart symbol (¤) is Alt 0, 1, 6, 4

Heart symbol (ª) is Alt 0, 1, 7, 0

Divider heart symbol ( ¦ ) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 6

Divider heart symbol (§) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 7

Scissors symbol ( " ) is Alt, 0, 3, 4 (for coupon cutting)

Checkmark symbol ( 4 ) is Alt, 0, 5, 2

X Checkmark Symbol ( 8 ) is Alt, 0, 0, 5, 6

Star Symbol ( H ) is Alt, 0, 7, 2

Check Box Symbol ( o ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 1

Arrow Symbol ( Ü ) is Alt, 0, 2, 2, 0

Another Cool Bullet ( u ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 7


¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

(Alt, 0, 1, 6, 6 - Dingbat heart border - it looks great, but you can only see it if you have Dingbats installed on your computer.)

Graphic Text Symbols

Graphic Text Symbols

For graphic text symbols, change your font to Wingdings (comes with Microsoft Word and Publisher) orZapf Dingbats (for hearts). You can resize these symbols the same way you'd resize any text.

** (The Winging symbols don't show up in Firefox, but your CAN see them with Internet Explorer.)

WINGDINGS (comes with Microsoft Word, Publisher):

Either use the "Insert" function or the following sampling of keyboard shortcuts:

Pencil ( ! ) is Alt, 0, 3, 3

Scissors ( " ) is Alt, 0, 3, 4

Envelope ( * ) is Alt, 0, 4, 4

Smiley face ( J) is Alt, 0, 7, 4

Yin-Yang ( [ ) is Alt, 0, 9, 1

Check box ( o) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 1

Bullet ( v) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 8

Small bullet ( w ) is Alt, 0, 1, 1, 9

Divider ( ) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 0

Divider ( ) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 1

Bullet ( Ÿ ) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 9

Bullet ( § ) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 7

Astrological Symbols:

from ^ to i (Alt 9, 4 to Alt 1, 0, 5)

vvvvvvvvvvvvv (Alt, 0, 1, 1, 8 in Wingdings repeated)

Making Graphics with Text Fonts:

In print publications such as flyers, it's helpful to know how to make check boxes, checkmarks or scissors (for coupon cutting). You get these symbols with Wingding (comes with Word) and Dingbat fonts that let you add even more pizzazz to your documents with hearts, stars, arrows, fancy bullets, spacers and more.

A few Dingbat-style symbols come with your text fonts!
(These work with Times New Roman and Arial, but not web-style fonts such as Verdana)

Smiley face is Alt, 1

Heart is Alt, 3

Diamond is Alt, 4

Club is Alt, 5

Spade is Alt, 6

Bullet is Alt, 7

Bullet is Alt, 8

Music Notes is Alt, 1, 4

Sun is Alt, 1, 5

How to Make Keyboard Symbols with the "Alt" Key and Numeric Keypad:

use the "Alt" key and numbers - making sure to use your numeric keypad, not the numbers on the top of the keyboard. NumLock needs to be ON. (If you don't have a numeric keypad on your computer keyboard, you can still use the insert function - see above.)

Using the numeric keypad, hold down the Alt key, hit the Zero key and then three additional numbers in succession. For example for © Copyright, hold down Alt, press the number 0, then press the numbers 1, 6, 9. Then you can let up the Alt key.

The basic symbols below will work with most text fonts.

Copyright (©) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 9

Trademark (™) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 3

Registered (®) is Alt, 0, 1, 7, 4

Bullet (•) is Alt, 0, 1, 4, 9

Ellipsis (...) is Alt, 0, 1, 3, 3

"EN" Dash (–) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 0

"EM" Dash (—) is Alt, 0, 1, 5, 1

Pound (£) is Alt 0, 1, 6, 3

Cents (¢) is Alt, 0, 1, 6, 2

One-half (½) is Alt, 0, 1, 8, 9

French accent (à) is Alt, 0, 2, 2, 4

French accent (ç) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 1

French accent (è) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 2

French accent (é) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 3

French accent (ê) is Alt, 0, 2, 3, 4

German accent (ü) is Alt, 0, 2, 5, 2

Spanish accent (ñ) is Alt, 0, 2, 4, 1