XP Character generator

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Patrick

I don't know if it is generally known that XP has a Character Generator, I
found it accidentally from the 'Character Map'

The location/name of the thing is;
C:\WINDOWS\system32\eudcedit.exe

I've made a shortcut to it (don't know why thiere isn't one allready).


Anyway, I just thought that I'd mention the matter.
 
I don't know if it is generally known that XP has a Character Generator, I
found it accidentally from the 'Character Map'

The location/name of the thing is;
C:\WINDOWS\system32\eudcedit.exe

I've made a shortcut to it (don't know why thiere isn't one allready).


Anyway, I just thought that I'd mention the matter.
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Just checked it out. Very cool :)
 
Sharon said:
Just checked it out. Very cool :)
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Thanks 'Sharon F', I was beggining to think that I had said 'something
awfull beyond description'

The strange thing about the matter ('Private Character Editer'), is that.,
The only suggestion of it's existence was the 'Private Characters' font in
'Character Map'., and,
The only reference to it's existence, is under 'Related Topics', in the
'Character Map' helpfile.


Anyway, maybe thiere's 'water on the Moon' after all, (But Bill G. hasn't
told us about it !!) :)
 
Thanks 'Sharon F', I was beggining to think that I had said 'something
awfull beyond description'

The strange thing about the matter ('Private Character Editer'), is that.,
The only suggestion of it's existence was the 'Private Characters' font in
'Character Map'., and,
The only reference to it's existence, is under 'Related Topics', in the
'Character Map' helpfile.


Anyway, maybe thiere's 'water on the Moon' after all, (But Bill G. hasn't
told us about it !!) :)
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You're welcome, Patrick. The program even has its own little help file.
There's many small executables tucked away within Windows and this is one
that I have not run into before. I created a shortcut on the desktop to
play with it more later.

One of the things that you would want to check.... When you use a special
character set or a specific font that a user does not have installed....
how does the personal character in your document show up on their screen?
They will have a blank spot or one of those small rectangular place holders
instead of the character that you want them to see.

Workarounds:
--Some word processors allow you to embed a font in the document. Perhaps
the special character set could be imbedded too.

--Capture the special character in a small graphics file. Could be used in
a document type that supports images.
 
Sharon said:
You're welcome, Patrick. The program even has its own little help
file. There's many small executables tucked away within Windows and
this is one that I have not run into before. I created a shortcut on
the desktop to play with it more later.

One of the things that you would want to check.... When you use a
special character set or a specific font that a user does not have
installed.... how does the personal character in your document show
up on their screen? They will have a blank spot or one of those small
rectangular place holders instead of the character that you want them
to see.

Workarounds:
--Some word processors allow you to embed a font in the document.
Perhaps the special character set could be imbedded too.

--Capture the special character in a small graphics file. Could be
used in a document type that supports images.
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Well, I have but one character defined (it's a Diode symbol)
I read it when sent to myself of course (had 3 options when sending), pardon
me testing, but here is my character.
abc?efg (it should be 'd', anyway pasting it has change this font).
 
Patrick said:
Well, I have but one character defined (it's a Diode symbol)
I read it when sent to myself of course (had 3 options when sending),
pardon me testing, but here is my character.
abc?efg (it should be 'd', anyway pasting it has change this font).
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Sorry, everyone, I just got a '?'.
 
Sorry, everyone, I just got a '?'.
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Patrick, I think the reason that the program is called "Private Character
Editor" is that the fonts are intended for local use only (on the same
machine that they reside on).

As I mentioned before - for another user to see a font character, it has to
be contained in the font set on their system.

For example, web designers often designate a specific font in their web
pages. If the person viewing the page does not have that font installed or
if they have their browser set to use the font of their choosing -- the
font designated by the web author will not be displayed in the browser.

When a web designer wants to get around that limitation -- for example, to
display their company name in a distinctive and specific font -- they make
a small graphic file consisting of background and text. Since the "text" is
not really text at this point but has been captured as part of an image, it
displays as intended.

The help file for Personal Character Editor does say that the characters
are saved as TTE files. I'm guessing that you could share the TTE file with
a friend. They could associate it with a font on their system. Then they
would be able to see it on their system too.

In spite of its limitations, it's still a neat tool. Thanks again for
pointing it out.
 
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