Typing Degrees Symbol

woodiebro · Post by **woodiebro** » 25 August 04 7:14 pm

Can someone tell me how to type the degrees symbol
Thanks
Terry

Devar · Post by **Devar** » 25 August 04 7:36 pm

Hold down the alt key and type 248 on the numpad.

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Well. Sort of.

dak's Emu Mob · Post by **dak's Emu Mob** » 26 August 04 1:17 am

Thanks Devar. I always thought the code for the degrees symbol was ALT-0186. However, if you enlarge both symbols, you can clearly see that ALT-248 is the correct symbol:

ALT-248 = Ã‚Â°

ALT-0186 = Ã‚Âº

As a bonus, ALT-248 is one keystroke less!

By the way, it turns out that ALT-0186 is called the "Masculine ordinal indicator".

The "Feminine ordinal indicator" is ALT-0170 = Ã‚Âª.

According to http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com:

The symbols Ã‚Âº and Ã‚Âª are ordinal indicators, used to denote ordinal numbers in some languages.

The equivalent of the adjective "12th" in the Spanish and Portuguese languages is "12Ã‚Âº" when the noun being modified is of masculine grammatical gender. The corresponding symbol is used in "12Ã‚Âª" when the noun is feminine. Ã‚Âº and Ã‚Âª also appear in the abbreviations for "Numero" and "Numera", which are the translations of the English word "Number". For example, instead of "No. 12 Privet Drive", one would write "NÃ‚Âº 12 Privet Drive".

Note: The degree symbol Ã‚Â° is different from both Ã‚Âº and Ã‚Âª, although its appearance is almost identical in some fonts.

So, there you have it. Thanks again for showing me the error of my ways, and for helping me to increase my knowledge.

Cheers,

dak

dak's Emu Mob · Post by **dak's Emu Mob** » 26 August 04 2:26 am

G'day,

I've been thinking further about this. I always thought that these ALT codes had to be preceded by a zero.

If I type ALT-0248 I get a small o with a slash through it: ÃƒÂ¸.

Hmmmmm. If I look up the characters in Character Map Pro (a far better, freeware character map application than the standard M$ one. Get it here), it confirms that ALT-0248 is a slashed circle. I can find neither hide nor hair of ALT-248. This is when I choose the "DEFAULT_CHARSET". If I choose the "OEM_CHARSET", then the degree symbol appears at position ALT-0248notice the leading zero!

So, if I leave out the leading zero, do I get the OEM character (whatever that is)? Apparently so, because ALT-206 gives me ╬, which is in position ALT-0206 in the OEM_CHARSET. (By the way, in the DEFAULT_CHARSET, ALT-0206 is ÃƒÅ½)

I've learnt something else new. However, . . .

Perhaps a safer option for the degree symbol is ALT-0176 = Ã‚Â°, despite requiring an extra keystroke.

I've checked all the fonts on my machine, and it turns out that only 32 out of 253 fonts have an OEM_CHARSET! Even then, two of them showed the ALT-248 character as a slashed circle.

The ALT-0176 character appears as a degree symbol in the DEFAULT_CHARSET of 177 out of 253 fonts. So, ALT-0176 would seem to be the more reliable way of typing the degree symbol.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

dak

Rabbitto · Post by **Rabbitto** » 26 August 04 1:58 pm

Congratulations also to Dak. The new 2005 Macquarie Australian Dictionary will now be including his picture under the word "Thorough".

Mind Socket · Post by **Mind Socket** » 26 August 04 5:01 pm

If you're typing HTML, just do °

Doesn't seem to work in the forum though, even with HTML turned on.

- Rog

djcache · Post by **djcache** » 27 August 04 12:19 am

DAK you have WAAAAYYY too much time on your hands! But thanks anyway.

BTW Fixed my wireless network and am surfing the forums from the recliner in the lounge with the laptop and NO WIRES, while watching Roy & HG.... with a Scotch & Dry.

Simple (but technically complex) pleasures

djcache.

dak's Emu Mob · Post by **dak's Emu Mob** » 27 August 04 12:40 am

Rabbitto wrote:Congratulations also to Dak.

djcache wrote:DAK you have WAAAAYYY too much time on your hands!

JEEVES VOICE: ON 
One endevours to give satisfaction, sir. 
JEEVES VOICE: OFF

It's what you do when you are stuck in a cache desert (Beijing) for four weeks.

There are eight virtual caches within 45km of the city centreI had seven of them done in the first few days. The closest "real" cache is over 500km away!

Anything to fill in a idle hour.

Glad to hear that you sorted out your 802.11 problems, dj.

Cheers,

dak

Papa Bear_Left · Post by **Papa Bear_Left** » 27 August 04 9:23 am

Another alternative when entering cache logs and the like is to use a couple of control characters rather than alt ones.
Highlight a degree symbol on the cache page, control-c, then control-v it into your text!
Crude but effective.

alex · Post by **alex** » 28 August 04 1:44 am

djcache

watching Roy & HG.... with a Scotch & Dry.

Simple (but technically complex) pleasures

much too technical for me....I can't work out the Dry.

The Spindoctors · Post by **The Spindoctors** » 29 August 04 6:15 pm

For the Macintosh heads - much easier to hold down shift-option and press 8 = Ã‚Â°. Simple

SNIFTER · Post by **SNIFTER** » 01 September 04 6:26 pm

And I thought that it was suppsed to be the women that were multi talented.

The Spindoctors · Post by **The Spindoctors** » 02 September 04 12:36 am

Just don't ask me to even think about something as I attempt that. Men and multi-tasking...yeah right!

Geof · Post by **Geof** » 02 September 04 12:26 pm

I have a question that relates to this. I am Geoƒ on GC.com but I loged in to the forum as that and look what I got. I have atempted to change it but have failed.

ƒ is alt 159

Any suggestions?

Or who should I contact?

In answer to the original question I use alt 248

(I think I'v just answered Ã‚Â½ of my own question)

Ahh looks like it is HTML related.

How do I disable HTML when entering a user name?

& how do I edit my user name?

riblit · Post by **riblit** » 02 September 04 2:05 pm

Geoƒ wrote:
how do I edit my user name?

In your profile..

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Typing Degrees Symbol

Typing Degrees Symbol

Some Further Thoughts

Ooooh DAK keep up the degree talk....