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Subject:Re: Keys font From:Chuck Beck <cbeck -at- BGNET -dot- BGSU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 6 Jun 1996 22:21:05 -0400
Dennis (et al.),
I bought a 3 CD-ROM package from SoftKey several months ago that (in
addition to some 27,000 clip art images, 2500 photos, and 1200 sound .WAV
files) has 2300 fonts on it. Among them are three which do the very thing
you described in your request. They are in the Dexus Dingbats collections of
TrueType fonts. I have used all three at one time or another.
You didn't specify what platform you are using, but this package is for
Windows 95 and Windows 3.1. I don't know if it's available for Macintosh. It
was also *very* reasonably priced.
Good luck.
Chuck Beck
cbeck -at- bgnet -dot- bgsu -dot- edu
> Colleagues,
> I just returned from a documentation seminar in which a "keys" font
> was referenced in the training manual. This is a font which allows for
> representation of a key to be pressed, such as Enter, Return or Tab,
> by enclosing the word in a shaded box. I don't have such a font in my
> package (I use Frame mostly) and was wondering if it's something that
> can be bought, and if so from where, or if it's something that can be
> created in Frame using paragraph formatting.
> Any suggestions/directions would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
> - Dennis Callaghan
> SunGard Capital Markets Inc.
> Philadelphia, Pa.
> dcallaghan -at- sungard -dot- com
> DVC
> 06JUN96
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