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[cathybites]

ugh. Is there a program like Windows Character Map for Mac? I tried googling, and all I can find is info on the character palette or Font Book, neither of which helps me, from what I can tell. I need something that will show me all the characters in a font and then let me copy the one I need, or at least show me what the character is - I'm working with a dingbat set, so I can't just say, 'oh, I need an A with an accent' and type it out. I need to know what the character key is! arrgh, so frustrating. stupid macs. >:(

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[franzeska]

God, there used to be something like that in one of the old Mac OSs. Surely, there's got to be something similar now...

[franzeska]

Here's the most applicable thing I've found so far: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1518

I assume you're using some other dingbat set though?

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

Thanks, but, yeah, I'm using a different set. SIGH. I worked my way around it, though.

[babyofthegroup.livejournal.com]

Try Edit --> Special Characters. I don't know what program you're in, but that works in most programs.

[cathybites.livejournal.com]

Photoshop, and it doesn't seem to have that option. Of course, I eventually found the character, but for whatever reason, Photoshop isn't recognizing it, even though all the other Adobe programs are. SIGH. I thought the digital age was supposed to make things easier.