On/off power button symbol
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From: D.M. Procida on 12 Feb 2006 17:59 See that symbol on your Mac's power button? Wossat called then? I'm trying to find it in one of the billion fonts I have installed here. Daniele
From: Ian Robinson on 12 Feb 2006 18:13 On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:59:29 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote (in article <1hao54s.1fxobuyko4urN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>): > See that symbol on your Mac's power button? Wossat called then? It's the "stand by" IEC 5009 symbol as defined by IEC/ISO/JTC1. <http://hes-standards.org/> Ian -- Ian Robinson, Belfast, UK <http://www.canicula.com/wp/>
From: Matthew Sylvester on 12 Feb 2006 18:19 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > See that symbol on your Mac's power button? Wossat called then? It's actually the Standby symbol (on/off has the 1 completely enclosed by the 0) and is apparently defined by IEC 417, No. 5009. Which probably doesn't help...
From: Woody on 12 Feb 2006 18:19 D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > See that symbol on your Mac's power button? Wossat called then? I'm > trying to find it in one of the billion fonts I have installed here. Power symbol. -- Woody www.alienrat.com
From: Simon Slavin on 14 Feb 2006 19:28
On 12/02/2006, Ian Robinson wrote in message <0001HW.C0157189000EA540F0407550(a)news.gradwell.net>: > On Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:59:29 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote > (in article > <1hao54s.1fxobuyko4urN%real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk>): > > > See that symbol on your Mac's power button? Wossat called then? > > It's the "stand by" IEC 5009 symbol as defined by IEC/ISO/JTC1. > > <http://hes-standards.org/> Is there, anywhere on that web site, anything useful ? Like a list of their standards, or perhaps there's a document there that lists the symbols they've declared standard. Simon. -- http://www.hearsay.demon.co.uk |