Hallo Alan!   
      
    AI> I personaly don't use any characters that are not easily   
    AI> accessible on my keyboard.   
      
   In other words you favour my reply to "MSGID: 1:229/275 6f74f81b" - for the   
   record "2:280/464.113 5b03a588" - which is the pure ascii version with the   
   minus sign character '-' replacing the 0xc4 character which in both cp437 and   
   cp850 is the line drawing charater resembling the minus sign.   
      
   To render it in a cp850 terminal simply hold down the left Alt key while   
   typing 1 then 9 then 6 on the number keypad (Num Lock off of course) and   
   release the left Alt key.  Lo and behold you should see the line drawing   
   character in question if indeed your terminal is crippled by enabling an IBM   
   codepage.  Other goofy 8 bit codepages will vary of course but most, if not   
   all, of the CPXXX ones will produce the line drawing character resembling the   
   minus sign.   
      
   Clear as mud?   
      
   Het leven is goed,   
   Maurice   
      
   ... Huil niet om mij, ik heb vi.   
   --- GNU bash, version 4.4.19(1)-release (x86_64-bonnell-linux-gnu)   
    * Origin: Little Mikey's EuroPoint - Ladysmith BC, Canada (2:280/464.113)