Create your own special characters in Windows XP

I would like to input some special characters in my threads and documents, but MicroSoft makes sure that I am stuck with the same boring fonts it ships windows with. Is it another ploy by them to take over 98% of the world Font Market somewhere in the future

Have you ever wanted to create your own font or maybe just a special character—for example, a character
showing your initials for approving documents with your “signature”? You can easily create your own characters using a hidden Windows XP tool called the Private Character Editor. Here’s how:

1. Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box.
2. Type eudcedit in the Open text box and click OK.
3. When the Private Character Editor launches, you’ll see the Select Code dialog box. Click OK.
4. A user interface that looks and works very much like Paint will appear. Here, you can use standard tools
to create your characters.
5. When you finish, select the Save Character command on the Edit menu.

Once you save your new character, you can access it using the Character Map tool. Here’s how:

1. Press Windows + R to open the Run dialog box.
2. Type charmap in the Open text box and click OK.
3. When the Character Map appears, select the Font drop-down list and select All Fonts (Private
Characters).
4. Select your character, click the Select button, and then click the Copy button.
You can now paste your font character into any document that you want.