multiplication sign

[bbartsfe]

Hi,

Does anyone know how to get the multiplication sign (an x without serifs...)in Illustrator and in Photoshop? I use Illustrator 10 and Photoshop Cs on Mac OS 10.3.7.

Thanks!!

 

[MarcusStringer]

Type option+y this will give you a strange charactor, select it and change the font to symbol.

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[dimoj]

Ummmm... type x with a sans serif font?

Or am I missing something?

 

[MarcusStringer]

It's different for some reason...
That's how we do math stuff...

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au

 

[dimoj]

Yeah. I had a feeling a might be wrond about that and posed ti to some other more knowledgable folk than me. Here is the Readers Digest version of one reply I got:

A multiplication sign is NOT an ex. Unlike using a miniscule "x" from a sans font, a properly designed multiplication sign will look good with the rest of your font.

The alt code (Windows method of inserting symbols that are not on the keyboard) is alt+215 as aikodude said.

It is very possible that a poorly developed font -- or a a "pi font" composed of symbols -- wouldn't have that sign, but you shouldn't be setting anything important in such a poorly designed font.

 

[dimoj]

Sorry about the dyslexia in my last post and sorry about the bad advice I gave (when I just gave a lecture in the Photoshop forum for people doing the same thing )

 

[jeweline]

Hi, does anyone know how I can save a Mac formated Illustrator 10 EPS file from Illustrator CS loaded on a PC?

Thanks in advice for the advice!

 

[MarcusStringer]

What the ... does that have to do with making a multiplication sign??

File export>legacy EPS

an eps is an eps is an eps

Marcus

http://www.midlandtypesetters.com.au