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From: bobtl@toolbox.WV.TEK.COM
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: character encodings
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Date: 11 Jan 90 16:39:47 GMT
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This isn't the type of message usually discussed here, my apologies if
this is inappropriate.

I am trying to learn if there are standard encodings for non-ascii characters.
Ascii itself is a defacto standard, and I think there is actually a standard
(ISO Latin-1 ??) which formalizes it.

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?  I don't care if it is
a formal standard or one that everyone just seems to follow.

Thanx,
Bob Toole