Subject: Making alternate Bullets appear correctly in Windows
From: Tim LaDuca (tladuca@hsc.usf.edu)
Date: Sun Jul 22 2001 - 15:10:46 CDT
In order to make bullet styles the same on Both Windows and Linux 
somebody needs to apply the following mappings to the the code. I assume 
the font needs to be the same for all bullets, but if this is not the 
case I have listed alternate symbols that are closer to what Linux 
provides in appearance(using a separate font). Unfortunately there is no 
heart in the Windings font(s). I listed a "pretty" symbol instead. This 
was all done on Windows 2000. I have no idea if this is compatible with 
other versions of windows.
<pre>
Wingdings Mappings
Bullet Type	Font		Code	Alternate	Code
-----------	----		----	---------	----
dashed 		none		none
square 		wingdings	0x6E
triangle	wingdings 3	0x70	wingdings	0xD9
diamond 	wingdings	0x74
star		wingdings 2	0xE0	wingdings	0xAD
implies		wingdings	0xF0
tick		wingdings	0xFC
box		wingdings	0x72
hand		wingdings	0x46
heart		none		--	wingdings	0x96
</pre>
Regards,
tim
>http://www.abisource.com/mailinglists/abiword-dev/01/June/0743.html
>
> Submit this to bugzilla. This problem is caused because we're not 
> specifying the correct font for these glyphs in Windows. Adobe ships a 
> Font called "Dingbats" that have these glyphs in them. There is a one 
to 
> one mapping of these glyphs in the Windows font called "Monograph 1" I 
> think. 
> 
> Someone who has seen the Dingbats font set should browse the Windows 
fonts 
> sets and find the replacement font set. We have the code in place to 
map 
> these over, we just have to invoke it. 
> 
> Cheers 
> 
> Martin 
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