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Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters

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Barney Hill wrote:
> Bill Bradshaw wrote:
>
>> A while back I was trying to fine a way to attach a 5-1/4" floppy to
>> a computer.  That was not doable but I managed to get a computer
>> from year 2000 running and low and behold the files I needed were on
>> the harddisk so getting the files is solved.  I am not sure what I
>> used to write them but I created things using ASCII characters.  But
>> the ASCII characters do not show up as double lines etc.  Is there a
>> font I can use that will show these characters as ASCII and not the
>> funny things they are now?  Right now trying Libre Office.  Open to
>> any suggestions.
>
> Assuming you mean OEM/DOS characters (code page 437) like these:
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_page_437#Character_set>
>
> That is what the "Terminal" font in Windows 10 is for.
>
>> Right now trying Libre Office.  Open to any suggestions.
>
> The "Terminal" font is an OEM/DOS font, not a Unicode font, and will
> probably not work in a Unicode application like Libre Office.
>
> Instead, do this in Libre Office:
>  1.  Use "File | Open" to open the file.
>  2.  In the Open file window, scroll down the list of file types
>      and select "Text - Choose Encoding".
>  3.  When prompted to choose, choose "Western Europe
> (DOS/OS2-437/US)".
> PS:
> These are the 128 ASCII characters.  ASCII does not have the "double
> lines".  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII#Character_set>

You and Brian are right in that it was Code 437 and I entered the special 
charaters in the document by numbers.  Brians method will work but I want to 
see if your method will save some steps.

This method save some steps.  I noticed some errors in the file I have tried 
it on so a little editing will fix everything.

Thanks.

<Bill> 

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Font To Show ASCII Characters "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2024-05-04 10:05 -0800
  Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters Newyana2 <Newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2024-05-04 14:29 -0400
    Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2024-05-04 19:56 +0100
      Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2024-05-04 15:25 -0800
  Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters Barney Hill <bhill@nospam.invalid> - 2024-05-04 22:29 +0100
    Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters "Bill Bradshaw" <bradshaw@gci.net> - 2024-05-04 15:40 -0800
  Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-05-04 19:42 -0400
  Re: Font To Show ASCII Characters "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-05-05 07:53 +0200

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