Specific symbols

[Salev]

I'd be great to use specific symbols like Microsoft Word does. This way it'd be easier to include arrows or other special charakters in a text.
Thank you!

[Paul - PDF-XChange]

HI Salev,

You would need to add them as stamps. This is not a limitation of our software but what objects are defined in the PDF specification itself. The call-out, text-box, lines etc are all defined by the PDF spec. If we were to try to add other non-defined objects it would break compatibility with the PDF standards and others would not see your symbols. That is why a collection of stamps is the way to go I believe.


Some useful articles on using stamps:
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowled ... the-Viewer
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowled ... Stamp-Tool
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowled ... ps-Palette
https://www.pdf-xchange.com/knowled ... aure-stamp

hth

[Salev]

Thank you very much for this information! Stamps seem to be a really great thing.

About the specific symbols:
Actually I was thinking about copying text from another font into a textfield with some other font. Exp: I have an arrow (font: Wingdings [here: ß or ä]) and it's in the line over the text where I want to put it in. So I copy this Wingdings symbol/letter with copy+paste into a text with the font Arial. But If I do so, it doesn't stay in this font - it switches to the font "HP PSG" instead of staying in Wingdings. This way only a space symbol appears. Everytime I want to use an arrow or another symbol, I need to copy it, it automatically switches to HP PSG and then I have to change the font of this text part again. If I do it, it stays in this font - but it doesn't work with copying a font.

It's not only about this symbol font, it's also about other fonts. I cannot keep a special font, if I copy it into a text with another font.
Is there a way to deactivate this automatic system?

[Nico - Tracker Supp]

Hi Salev,

Thank you for your post.
Can you set the font to " Wingdings" (the one you want) in the text box and then copy over the target character?
Thanks.

Sincerely,

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Forget about WindDings — use a Unicode font that supports DingBats and Miscellaneous Symbols — then you won't have to keep changing fonts. Any of my free fonts have a full set of symbols, or there are plenty of standard Windows fonts like MS Unicode or Code 2000 that have a wide range of characters. They may be the safest choice since other users will also have them installed.

☎✎➣

[Salev]

Thank you! Now those symbols work! Unfortunately I cannot copy text with a specific font size into another text with some other font size. This way those symbols shrink, if I copy them from another line (font size 18) to a different text part (font size 9).

Anyway, now I've got some really cool new arrow symbols.


➔➘➚➝➞➪
▴▶▾◄▲▼
⇠⇡⇢⇣
⇦⇧⇨⇩
⇍⇎⇏
⇐⇑⇒⇓
↼↾↿⇀⇂
←↑→↓←↑→↓
⇦⇧⇨⇩
⇐⇑⇒⇓
▲△▴▶▷▸▼▽▾
➔➜➞
￩￪￫￬
If someone's interested: You can find them in Word, if you look for symbols in the fonts "Meiryo" and "MC Gothic".


By the way, Bhikkhu, your website http://www.aimwell.org/Fonts/fonts.html doesn't work. But thank you for your help.



"Can you set the font to " Wingdings" (the one you want) in the text box and then copy over the target character?"
That doesn't work for me. It still switches to some other font. But I can do this by marking a text part and then changing the font to Wingdings. Unfortunately it gets stressful to change the font for every copied symbol while I use them a lot.
I actually like the fact that copied text switches to the shape of the rest of the text but in this case I'd prefer to deactivate this function.



Thank you! ☃

[Stefan - PDF-XChange]

Hi Salev,

Glad to hear that Bhikkhu's advise works for you and unfortunately there's no way to stop the font change when copying and pasting text between text boxes in our Viewer - so you will need to copy the symbols and then change their size as needed.

Best,
Stefan

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

By the way, Bhikkhu, your website doesn't work. But thank you for your help.

I have updated my forum signature now to point to my reviews web site: http://www.softerviews.org/Fonts.html

I am glad that I could point you in the right direction, onwards, and upwards. ⇒ ⇑ ⇒

[Nico - Tracker Supp]