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Subject:Re: Keys font From:Kat Nagel/MasterWork <katnagel -at- EZNET -dot- NET> Date:Fri, 7 Jun 1996 09:00:04 -0400
> Colleagues,
> I just returned from a documentation seminar in which a "keys" font
> was referenced in the training manual. This is a font which allows for
> representation of a key to be pressed, such as Enter, Return or Tab,
> by enclosing the word in a shaded box. I don't have such a font in my
> package (I use Frame mostly) and was wondering if it's something that
> can be bought, and if so from where, or if it's something that can be
> created in Frame using paragraph formatting.
Image Club sells a set of two 3D key fonts (one to represent PC keyboards,
one to represent Mac keyboards) for $30. It's available in both formats
(TrueType and PS) and they will supply it on either Mac or PC floppies.
I've used them with FrameMaker, PageMaker and Word.
@Kat ____________________________________ katnagel -at- eznet -dot- net
Kat Nagel MasterWork Consulting Services, Rochester, NY
Technical writing / Document design / Information services
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