The option key is a Macintosh thing. You have to use much more obscure codes to find the special characters on Windows.
Alt(ing) 0169 are not going to allow making 1 style
Why won’t Alt-0169 work?
Chris,
much more obscure codes
All due respect, but "hardly". Windows Character Map (under Accessories) will display the Alt sequences for characters. Point is, it’s not really obscure.
Peace,
Tony
It is one definition of obscure (2 not easily perceived; specif.,
a) not clear or distinct; faint or undefined), but no more so than having to remember these Alt+Meta+Cokebottle* keystrokes on the Macintosh. Neither is easy or memorable, especially as the number of screwball glyphs increases. That’s why many newer applications have glyph/symbol palettes.
* ’80s reference that nobody will remember.
I’ve found saving it as a Custom Shape is easiest. Since there’s no point in keeping fonts embedded in a PS doc, you’re better off finding it as a vector and saving it.
I’ve found saving it as a Custom Shape is easiest
Actually it comes with PS as a shape…
when doing alt-0169, you may need to have the num lock key on. press and hold alt, while still holding press 0169. let go of alt and the symbol should show.
Thank you Professor Obvioso. See the first line of the original question.
Long night of Olympics, huh?
(How do you do those smiley thingies?)
I was up at 3am watching it here r_!
In many/most cases, you don’t have to have NUMLOCK on, though most people probably do.
which is why i explained that to him. and i think your ratio is reversed. in most/many cases you need it. some systems seem not to. that light you’re seeing? blinding flash of obvious. don’t step in anything while you’re dazzled by it.
Thanks for reminding me Dave, my computer does need the num/lock key, and that’s why it didn’t work for me this morning. My ferret turned it off again, and I didn’t notice until just now!
(Ferrets are not good animals around computers, especially when the cat has taught them how to climb).
My ferret turned it off again, and I didn’t notice until just now!
heh! 🙂
We’ll have to modify PEBCAK to PEBFerretAK 🙂
Thanks for all the input. Num lock Alt0169 gets me a ? (but at least it got me something). Anyway wish there was a character set with the copyright symbol and regular letters for my name, but it must not exist.
James,
In Windows, you can open Character Map (under Accessories?) and get a copyright symbol to paste. But honestly, everyone and their brother uses Alt0169, by hodling down the alt-key and typing those numbers on the numeric keypad. It’s been around since DOS days.
There’s also a custom shape that ships with Photoshop that is a vector copyright symbol.
Num lock Alt0169 gets me a ? (but at least it got me something).
You’re not holding down the Num Lock key, right? It’s like CapsLock, it stays that way. If you’re using a laptop computer that doesn’t have a number pad, it may work differently.
Anyway wish there was a character set with the copyright symbol and regular letters for my name, but it must not exist.
©©james schot©©
It’s in most commercial fonts, for Macintosh and Windows. If you’re using an old font, a different Codepage, a symbol font, or a custom font, you may get a different character.
