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Subject:printing a character From:John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 8 Jan 1998 13:39:35 -0500
hey, guys, this is driving me nuts.
I need to place a character in a document. It's part of a UNIX command ( `pwd`) and the character I need is called a "grave" It looks like a backwards single quote.
It is the character that on most keyboards on the very top left of the keyboard next to the 1 and is below the ~ (ascitilde)
The problem isn't placing it in the document. The problem is that when I print it in Frame, it prints reverse from the way it appears on the screen. The difference from the single quote is that it is fatter on the bottom where an opening single quote is fatter on top.
I've tried courier and I've tried entering the ANSI number, and while it views OK, it prints revered. Anyone run into this situation before?
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