Re: Non-alphabetic Characters

[Susan Gallagher <Susan_Gallagher_at_Enfin-SD -at- RELAY -dot- PROTEON -dot- COM>]

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Alun Whittaker writes:

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>What about the symbol which in writing I always refer to as "the
>insertion point"? I don't really like that name because the
>"insertion point" is not really *what* it is be *where* it is.

>In my speech (usually) and thoughts (always) it continues to
>be the "I-beam" but that name seems to lack the seal of
>propriety.

          I know... I hate that!  It's only the I-beam when you're
          moving it around with the mouse.  Once it lands, it becomes
          a sort-of sans serif I-beam.  But the term "insertion point"
          is soooooo looooong and hard to read!  Makes you yearn for
          the good old days of the blinking cursor.

          Does anybody still call it a cursor (when doc'ing a gui,
          that is)?

          And to stray from the point (insertion or not)...

          Does anybody know of a true-type font that has an I-beam
          character (or an I that really looks like an I-beam???  (Not
          that I look like an I-beam but once in a while I eye-beam, I
          just must be careful not to let my eye I-beam  =-o  ).

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