03-26-18 10:11 Daryl Stout wrote to HOLGER GRANHOLM about Re: High ASCII
Characters
Howdy! Daryl, Holger, et al,

 DS> @MSGID: <5AB95C1F.1840.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
 DS> @REPLY: <5AB8C4CF.1836.amtradio@capitolcityonline.net>
 DS> Holger,

 HG>DS>   That's because Windows Notepad can't recognize the high ascii
 HG>DS> characters.

 HG>That is not true. I can write a text file in PCDOS or OS/2 and read all
 HG>the accented (high-ASCII) characters in Notepad and its siblings in
 HG>various versions of Windows, as well as print them out from those pgms.

 DS>   Then, Ed must have a different setting with Notepad, or it won't show
 DS> them within MultiMail.

I was reading XP's Help and Support pages to see how to make the Band-Aid
graphic in Notepad and read something about the Character Map.

I looked in Character Map for the Characters I could use to make an image
of a Band-Aid in Notepad and found two of them I could use.
In the Grid, I found the Full Block character is U + 2588
and the Light Shade Character is U + 2591

Using Notepad I held the Alt Key and entered 2588 on the Keypad a total
of 5 times. (I only entered the digits, I didn't type the letter U first).

Next I held the Alt Key and entered 2591 a total of 5 times.

Again I keyed in the Code Alt 2588 5 times.

What I saw on the screen looked like the image that was in the Johnson and
Johnson Tagline I used in a message some time ago.

The word Band-Aid is a brand name for a Adhesive Bandage the Johnson &
Johnson Company sells in the U.S.A.

Sorry for the confusion, Holger, I thought the word Band-Aid was a common
word that everyone knew.

The editor that MultiMail DOS uses is called MS-DOS Editor, Version 2.0.026,
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corp 1995.

It doesn't show the same character(s).
It shows ...............

On my screen the character Alt 2588 looks like a small capital L letter,
and the character Alt 2591 looks like it is Heart shaped but the top is flat,
it looks more like a Triangle with the pointed end at the bottom.

I'm wondering if everyone sees the same thing that I see on my screen.
Let Me know. Thanks.

73 de Ed W9ODR       .  .


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