RISC OS character set: Difference between revisions

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==Code page layout (standard)==

At 0x83 is a box with another box inside it on the top left-hand corner, meaning "resize window".<ref name="Avis_2001_RISCOS"/> At 0x84 is a 'bubble-writing' X, meaning "close window".<ref name="Avis_2001_RISCOS"/> At 0x87 is an unusual character that is a [[subscript]] 8 followed by a [[superscript]] 7.<ref name="Avis_2001_RISCOS"/> It is not proposed for [[Unicode]].<ref>{{Citation|title=L2/19-025: Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS|url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-terminals-prop.pdf|section=7. Characters not proposed|date=2019-01-04}}</ref> At 0x88, 0x89, 0x8A, and 0x8B are left, right, up, and down bubble arrows for window scrollbars.<ref name="Avis_2001_RISCOS"/>

The following table shows the RISC OS character set. Each character is shown with a potential [[Unicode]] equivalent in the tooltip.

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==Code page layout (Electronic Font Foundry 1.1)==

The Homerton font, a clone of [[Helvetica]], does not have these characters. [[The Electronic Font Foundry|EFF]], a third-party supplier of RISC OS outline fonts, has a different, but similar character set. This RISC OS Latin-1 character set was used by Electronic Font Foundry.

{|{{chset-table-header1|RISC OS EFF character set<ref>{{Citation|title=L2/19-025: Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS|chapter-url=https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-terminals-prop.pdf|chapter=RISCEFF.TXT|date=2019-01-04}}</ref>}}