Wingdings!?
anon
I just noticed that the symbols for the
'wingdings' font
(as shown in photoshop) DO NOT match the ones
in my c:/windows/fonts folder! Doesn't PS use the
fonts
from my windows folder? Actually, the wingdings in
PS
are a little kewler looking. I found this out by
accident.
I was typing out all the 'letters' in MS Word,
then
comparing them to the letters in PS. Strange! I
just use
photoshop, I don't know the programming details,
but
I could have sworn it used the fonts from windows.
Anybody know the answer?
BTW - The PS wingdings are neat for making icons!
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Hecate
supposed:
>Maybe I'm being dopey today...
>
>I just noticed that the symbols for the
>'wingdings' font
>(as shown in photoshop) DO NOT match the ones
>in my c:/windows/fonts folder! Doesn't PS use the
>fonts
>from my windows folder? Actually, the wingdings in
>PS
>are a little kewler looking. I found this out by
>accident.
>I was typing out all the 'letters' in MS Word,
>then
>comparing them to the letters in PS. Strange! I
>just use
>photoshop, I don't know the programming details,
>but
>I could have sworn it used the fonts from windows.
>
>Anybody know the answer?
>
>BTW - The PS wingdings are neat for making icons!
Yes, it does use the fonts from Windows/Fonts as all software does. My
only suggestion is that you're typing out the letters in Word, and in
PS, but PS is, of course, showing them as vectors, whereas ion Word
they are already rasterised. Consequently, the PS "version" is
clearer.
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anon
*slaps forehead*
I discovered the problem... I've got 2 similar fonts...
'wingdings' and 'webdings'...
*wanders away muttering*
Jeese I'm getting old... losing my... mmm... whatta ya call it...
Stephan
Stephan
>snip< Jeese I'm getting old... losing my... mmm... whatta ya call it...
Hecate
supposed:
>> >BTW - The PS wingdings are neat for making icons!
>>
>> Yes, it does use the fonts from Windows/Fonts as all software does. My
>> only suggestion is that you're typing out the letters in Word, and in
>> PS, but PS is, of course, showing them as vectors, whereas ion Word
>> they are already rasterised. Consequently, the PS "version" is
>> clearer.
>
>*slaps forehead*
>
>I discovered the problem... I've got 2 similar fonts...
>'wingdings' and 'webdings'...
>
>*wanders away muttering*
>
>Jeese I'm getting old... losing my... mmm... whatta ya call it...
Hahahah! So have I and I *still* didn't connect it with what you were
saying. Still, it *was* a plausible answer. Now I shall have to see if
it does make a difference <g>
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Hecate
hec...@newsguy.com
anon
Well, wingdings are random characters like wavy lines, boxes, etc...
webdings are more 'webby' <g>
Example: 'Wingding' capitol H is a hand pointing down,
'Webding' capitol H is a little house shape (get it? 'home',
as in home on the WWW)
A lot of the webdings have corresponding pic/icons
i.e. capitol P is a pine tree, capitol I is an island.. etc.
HTH
John Rampling
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> (snipped)
> BTW - The PS wingdings are neat for making icons!
Too true M8 especially when you have a 3D text gif program like Xara.
Awesome!
And impossible to create from scratch without a huge amount of work.
John
Hecate
supposed:
>> Hahahah! So have I and I *still* didn't connect it with what you were
>> saying. Still, it *was* a plausible answer. Now I shall have to see if
>> it does make a difference <g>
>
>Well, wingdings are random characters like wavy lines, boxes, etc...
>webdings are more 'webby' <g>
>
>Example: 'Wingding' capitol H is a hand pointing down,
>'Webding' capitol H is a little house shape (get it? 'home',
>as in home on the WWW)
>
>A lot of the webdings have corresponding pic/icons
>i.e. capitol P is a pine tree, capitol I is an island.. etc.
>
Which tells you one thing straight away. No, I've never bothered to
look at Webdings. It just came with something I installed :)
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Hecate
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PHILOADER
and me not being able to see it because I was still using Windows 98? I
think. :x
pd
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