[bksvol-discuss] Re: b p siamese twins, new accent for me
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 17:29:23 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Lissi,
It's a German/Scandinavian mark and can be made by alt plus 0254. I don't know
if it can be made that way on your machine but that's what it says here:
http://www.starr.net/is/type/altnum.htm--pr can you copy and paste this: þ
Ah--having been able to copy and paste it into google I've learned more about
it thanks to Wikipedia. Anyone not interested can stop reading right now and
delete.
It's a letter called Thorn or þorn in Anglo-Saxon and Icelandic alphabets. It
was also used in medieval Scandinavia but was replaced with "th." It can be
pronounced like the "th" in "thick" or "the."
The Wikipedia article also says it can be made on qwerty keyboard if you have
Windows by by typing Alt+0222 (Þ) and Alt+0254 (þ) on the keypad (if you are
using Windows). I don't think I can make it on my Mac keyboard. Years ago I
made a chart of symbols by trying every combination of keys, but the thorn
isn't on it.
HTH
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 8/9/08, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] b p siamese twins, new accent for me
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, August 9, 2008, 3:59 PM
> Dear Booksharian friends,
>
> Once I have a new accent in, Hush, figured out, the
> validation will be
> finished and it can join the collection. A 15 year old
> Irish princess is
> captured and gives a fascinating account of her travel and
> treatment as a
> slave. The story is straightforward, no convoluted plot,
> but you'll learn a
> wealth of information about tenth century Ireland, Russia
> and the
> Scandinavian countries and Iceland. You'll care about
> Princess Melkorka and
> be awed by the human ability to adapt and survive in what
> to us appear to be
> unbearable circumstances which can turn better or worse on
> a dime.
>
> The problem is a character which looks like a lower case
> letter b in which
> the vertical line drops half a tall letter's length
> straight below the
> letter. In other words, a b standing on a straight leg. You
> can also view it
> as a lower case p with the virtical line extended half a
> tall letter's
> length above the rounded part. In combination it's like
> the rounded part of
> a b or p which look the same and rest on the line if
> it's written on lined
> paper. with the vertical part of a b extended above and the
> vertical part of
> the p dangling below. Please tell me the name of this
> accented figure and
> and as a bonus, how to make it.
>
> I've saved a file a Booksharian sent me of how to make
> accents in Word 2003
> using jaws, but couldn't find that character. I
> don't know how to Google it
> because I don't know what it's called.
>
> Thanks for your help. I can't wait to add Hush to the
> collection. It's an
> absorbing story that moves fast, leaving fascinating
> factoids in its wake.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
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