Paul
Thu Jun 09 12:37:23 CDT 2005
There are few. You can imagine the amount of effort a typographer would
take to figure out the spline(s) that defines the outline of a lower case
'g', or whatever. A complete font with Latin characters is the equivalent
of a fairly sizable program for a software guy. You should make sure,
before you go looking for free fonts that there isn't an appropriate
character in what's already in the device. I think that you should be able
to temporarily download the .ttf file from the device to your PC for viewing
with, say, the Character Map accessory. I don't see arrows in Tahoma, but
maybe one of the others will give you better luck.
Paul T.
"Pdoc" <Pdoc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BCF1823F-F499-404B-8C7D-F584DD40B1D4@microsoft.com...
> Thanks Guys, I got...and it is not a big task as I appeared at first.
>
> Ok, the licenseing statement got me... I hadn't thought of that. I take
> it
> some fonts must be freely distributable or if the user installs them it
> would
> be acceptable? Do you have a link on the details? I am only looking to
> use
> simple arrows, certainly there must be free arrows.
>
> Thank again
>
>
>
>
> "Chris Tacke, eMVP" wrote:
>
>> Don't forget that Fonts are not freely distributable either. They must
>> be
>> licensed.
>>
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>> "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <ptobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com>
>> wrote in message news:usOgm8QbFHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> > Make sure that Explorer is configured to show everything. Even if it
>> > is,
>> > it doesn't show *everything*, so you might want to use the Remote File
>> > Viewer (from eVC), to check the contents of both the \Windows folder
>> > and
>> > the fonts folder.
>> >
>> > Paul T.
>> >
>> > "Pdoc" <Pdoc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:496B0365-A719-4611-9E72-89B00EDF0418@microsoft.com...
>> >>I found the fonts folder. It is empty. I guess the device needs the
>> >>correct
>> >> font installed. To make the program more universal(assuming the use
>> >> of
>> >> nonstandard fonts) I am assuming the installation would have to check
>> >> for
>> >> fonts installed and then deploy the fonts required. Does that sound
>> >> correct?
>> >> Admittedly I am a lightweight at this but that sounds somewhat like a
>> >> pain.
>> >> Are there any samples on this?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Pdoc" wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> I don't know. And I don't know how to find out. It is a Pocket
>> >>> PC.
>> >>> I am
>> >>> getting the feeling that using non standard symbols and fonts might
>> >>> not
>> >>> be
>> >>> tha way to go. Basically I am trying to avoid using images on my
>> >>> buttons as
>> >>> the performance seems dismal when switching between form.
>> >>>
>> >>> I only need a couple of buttons with symbols so maybe I will just
>> >>> stick
>> >>> with images on those and text on the rest. Thank you for all your
>> >>> help,
>> >>> if
>> >>> you have any further ideas I'd still like to hear them. Thanks
>> >>>
>> >>> Pat
>> >>>
>> >>> "<ctacke/>" wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> > Is the WingDing font on the device?
>> >>> >
>> >>> > -Chris
>> >>> >
>> >>> > "Pdoc" <Pdoc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>> > news:1080B1CB-BD3A-4080-9B17-CC9E17929951@microsoft.com...
>> >>> > >I am trying to render glyphs from wingding. I am not sure if I
>> >>> > >have
>> >>> > >the
>> >>> > >font
>> >>> > > set properly. I am trying to render it in a textbox or label. I
>> >>> > > set the
>> >>> > > textbox font to wingding. That didn't help. It still seems to
>> >>> > > want
>> >>> > > to
>> >>> > > render only from tahoma. Is there a different way to set this
>> >>> > > up?
>> >>> > >
>> >>> > > "<ctacke/>" wrote:
>> >>> > >
>> >>> > >> What Font are you using to render it? Does it have the glyph in
>> >>> > >> the
>> >>> > >> codepage?
>> >>> > >>
>> >>> > >> -Chris
>> >>> > >>
>> >>> > >>
>> >>> > >> "Pdoc" <Pdoc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>> > >> news:F5FA8339-CD20-43BA-AE5E-C2FDE950AAFD@microsoft.com...
>> >>> > >> > I am trying to use some special character. When I try to
>> >>> > >> > use
>> >>> > >> > the
>> >>> > >> > unicode
>> >>> > >> > hexadecimal number to convert to the character I can only
>> >>> > >> > select
>> >>> > >> > from
>> >>> > >> > Tahoma's character map and maybe a couple of others.
>> >>> > >> >
>> >>> > >> > I thougt I read that CF supported all the fonts and you
>> >>> > >> > could
>> >>> > >> > use
>> >>> > >> > any
>> >>> > >> > charcode to get special character. Am I mistaken?
>> >>> > >> >
>> >>> > >> > Code looks like:
>> >>> > >> >
>> >>> > >> > Dim sd As Integer = "&HFFFC"
>> >>> > >> > Dim chrIndicator As Char = Convert.ToChar(sd)
>> >>> > >> > lblIndicatorMode.Text = chrIndicator
>> >>> > >> >
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