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From: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: character encodings
Message-ID: <1453@sas.UUCP>
Date: 14 Jan 90 22:32:59 GMT
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Reply-To: bts@sas.UUCP (Brian T. Schellenberger)
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|>So what about other symbols I want to draw.  Say the copyright c in a circle
|>symbol, or the TM trademark symbol.  Is there an standard index value that
|>is the same for all fonts which adhere to a standard?  ...

Well, I don't know how many characters it encompasses, but I was quite 
surprised to discover while transferring files that the ManIntosh and
Amiga use the same code for the copyright circle-c; you might try obtaining
copies of the standard IBM, MacIntosh, and Amiga encodings and then finding
all the intersections.  If you do this, *PLEASE POST* the results!
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