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Symbol font Option+[key] gives unexpected characters

Posted: 06-02-2004, 11:39 PM
Tim_Murray@adobeforums.com
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System: Mac 10.3.4, Illustrator CS. Symbol font is the Adobe Type 1 version residing in Classic's Fonts folder.

The problem is basically that most Option or Option+Shift keys don't give me what I expect in the Symbol font. For example, Option+/ gives me a division symbol, but it should be an n-th root symbol. Other programs (Frame, Photoshop, Word, TextEdit, and others) are okay.

The glyph palette works okay, but I don't want to have to mess with it. I tried using the Symbol.dfont along with the Type 1, but no go. (I must retain Type 1, as Frame requires it.)

Anyone else find this behavior?
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Tim_Murray@adobeforums.com
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Re: Symbol font Option+[key] gives unexpected characters
Posted: 06-05-2004, 02:49 PM
No takers on this? Anyone please confirm that it works (or fails)?
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Re: Symbol font Option+[key] gives unexpected characters
Posted: 06-08-2004, 11:52 PM
Hi Tim,

I can confirm that I get the same behavior that you do when using the same OS with a Type 1 version of Symbol residing in the Classic Fonts folder.

However, I think the issue may be that we are not really using that font in the classic font folder when working in Illustrator. Illustrator installs a Type 1 version of Symbol in the Library\Application Support\Adobe\PDFL\6.0\Fonts folder. You may also have another copy of Symbol in the Library\Application Suppport\Adobe\Fonts\Reqrd\Base folder depending on other Adobe applications you may have installed.

I found that when I disabled those copies of Symbol by moving them to a folder on my desktop then option+/ gave me the nth root symbol that you wanted.

I don't know what other consequences there may be to removing those font files. I'd keep them around just to play it safe.

L.
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