Where can I find the BIG fonts?

[wbg_id]

Does anyone know where I can find huge fonts? Im looking for sizes up to one letter per page.

Thanks!

[Inka]

Assuming you are using a MS Office app.. & the drop down to select a font size? You can manually type a number in there say 600 is about a letter to an A4 page..

Alternatively have you tried inserting Word Art?

Inka

[wbg_id]

JEEZ! That was simple. :rolleyes:

Now I have one more that should be just as simple, but I cant figure it out. How do you turn the page sideways (top and bottom is now left and right) so the huge fonts will fit?

Thanks Inka!

[Fruss Tray Ted]

If you are wanting to print the letters that should be in your printer properties or preview, somewhere in there you can choose portrait or landscape. But to rotate it 90 degrees use a picture editing software. You'd need to save the letters in Paint (might work, but PaintshopPro more likely) or something similar then rotate it, save again and print that.

[Sylvander]

This one comes as a courtesy from my wife.

If you highlight a letter (or word or set of characters) and press “Ctrl + ]” (that’s the right square bracket) the letter will increase in size each time you hit that combination.
To reduce in size hit “Ctrl + [“ (left square bracket).
(or Hold down "Ctrl" then repeadedly blip "]" or "[")
Or hold down the combination to watch the letter gradually grow or shrink.

You can increase size until the letter fills an A4 page.

To work in Word with your page on its side [landscape], go to:
"File>Page Setup>Paper Size>Orientation", then click on the "Landscape" option button.

[Budfred]

I believe most word processors also provide an option to put your page into landscape format. I would check page and format settings.

[wbg_id]

Thanks guys.....and Sylvander's wife!

[Sylvander]

My mother's mother's father was born in Ireland about 1841.
He was one of my eight ggrandparents.

What percentage of Irish am I?
12.5%?

[Paul Komski]

If you want to get some good info on how much shared genetic material two relatives have in common then read "The Selfish Gene".

Assuming that both of your great grandfather's parents were Irish and that there has been no incest, no complications by inter-marriage between identical twins, etc, etc, then you are statistically correct that 1/8th or 12.5% of your genetic material is shared in common with a great grand-parent.

The formula is:- (0.5^x) + (0.5^y)

Where ^ represents "to the power of"
x = the number of generation hops via a shared common ancestor.
y = the number of generation hops via a second common ancestor.

The number of hops is counted up to the common ancestor and then, if necessary down to the relative in question.

Examples:-
You and an uncle. There are two common ancestors. These are a grand father and a grand mother being also your uncle's parents. There are therefore two hops up plus one hop down = 3 hops. Since there are two common ancestors x and y both equal 3 hops. Thus 2 x (0.5^3) = 2 x 0.125 = .25 = 25% common genetic material.

You and a sibling. The common ancestors are your mother and your father. One hop up and one hop down = 2 hops, which equates to 0.5^2 = 25%, which is doubled because there are two common ancestors. The result is 50% shared genetic material. Of course, for a half-sibling with only one common parent the result is 25%.

Your example; you and a great grand parent. In this situation the common ancestor is the great grand parent. Thus three straight hops. Thus 0.5^3 = 12.5%

The "Selfish Gene" is compulsory reading IMHO - for many more reasons than genetic similarity.

:)