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August 10, 2023
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How can I create Arrow type of Bullet points in Adobe Frame Maker?

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How can I create Arrow type of Bullet in Adobe Frame Maker?

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    Bob_Niland
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    August 13, 2023

    See also the suggestion ⎆in your duplicate thread.

    If your main document font populates the codepoint for a suitable Unicode arrow or arrow-like glyph, use that, as described on the other thread.

    If your font doesn't, and you have to resort to another Unicode font, use a Character Format that just calls for Font Family.

    Avoid using a legacy codepage font such as Wingdings, as the intended glyph will not survive into all output workflows.

    Wingdings [→] (0xE0) may be expected to render as [à] in HTML/XML output.
    U+2192 (\u2192) RIGHTWARDS ARROW would be what you want for that arrow.

    Dave Creamer of IDEAS
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    August 11, 2023

    Wingdings 3 is mostly arrows. Create a character style and apply it in the numbering section of the paragraph style. 

    Here is a link to a PDF that shows the various wingding and webding characters:

    https://www.ideastraining.com/PDFs/DingbatSamples.pdf

    David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)
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    August 13, 2023

    Thank you Creamer.

    Matt-Tech Comm Tools
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    August 11, 2023

    Here's a breakdown of using characters in free custom fonts for bullets and setting size/color.

    https://techcommtools.com/font-awesome-bullets/

     

    I also use a MIF fragment (p485 of FrameMaker - Working with Content) to adjust the baseline shift for the large icons I use for Warnings, Notes, and Cautions.

    Baseline Shift isn't explicitly available in the Character Designer, so I set the FDY property via MIF as in the following example:

     

    <FontCatalog
    <Font
    <FTag `FontAwesome'>
    <FFamily `FontAwesome'>
    <FEncoding `FrameRoman'>
    <FSize 28.0 pt>
    <FDY 45.0%>
    <FLocked No>
    <FSeparation 5>
    <FColor `2017 Accent Color'>
    > # end of Font

    > # end of FontCatalog

    # End of MIFFile

     

    -Matt

    -Matt Sullivan, FrameMaker Course Creator, Author, Trainer, Consultant
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    August 13, 2023

    Thank you Matt. I'll take a look into it.

     

    K.Daube
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    August 11, 2023

    You may have a look at https://www.daube.ch/docu/files/compendium.pdf#page=243 "Define a blob line tip"

    Known Participant
    August 12, 2023

    This document is quite helpful. Thank you!