Fonts and Symbols

Some time ago, there was a discussion about how to make the degree symbol on a computer.  It is made by holding the ALT key down and typing 0176.  Try it, it works.    Today, someone posted a photo on Facebook showing all the symbols you can make on the keyboard with the ALT key.  The symbol for cents and the degree symbol would both be useful to remember, although Blogger gets flaky and often kicks you off the page. 

Yesterday Conley brought a poster that was lettered in beautiful calligraphy.  We decided it must have been done on a computer.  This morning, just for fun, I decided to check out my fonts folder and see just what kind of calligraphy fonts I had installed.  Here are some of them:



And I found this font on the list, called "Mini Pics Red Rock".  Not sure what I would ever use it for, but I love the little characters.  They are like little petroglyphs.

I have over 300 fonts installed on my computer, which is ridiculous.  I'm sure the majority of them could be deleted, but I'm not short of space on my hard drive, so I don't bother.  I'm not sure where they all came from.  I think everything that is installed on your computer comes with its own fonts, and just automatically get installed.