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Subject:Re: oxed Command Keys? From:Barb Philbrick <caslonsvcs -at- IBM -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 23 Jun 1997 20:33:18 GMT
Just an observation on QWERTY: I used it on the Mac, and when using
inline, I had to increase the font size outrageously (to about 25 pt)
to effectively read the letter in the key. Corel's Keystroke is a much
better font for this use. I'm not sure if it's available for Macs. (I
saved Keystroke keys to graphics to port them over to the Mac, which
would be impractical if you had a lot of keys; I only had a few.)
Barb
>There are several fonts that give the effect you want. I seem to recall
>that CorelDraw includes one, and I know that Image Club has a font
>called QWERTY which includes the keys for both a Mac and a PC. QWERTY's
>price, I believe, was about $25.
>
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