In Mac OS X, you can use the Character Palette to type special characters and symbols. You can use the Character Palette in DVD Studio Pro with text objects in a menu (Open the Character Palette by choosing Special Characters from the Edit menu).
Symptom
If you choose a Font Variation for a special character, the character won't appear with the default text color (set in Preferences). Additionally, if you insert a special character Font Variation in a text object or button text by dragging and dropping (as opposed to double-clicking the character or clicking Insert), the DVD Studio Pro project can't opened once it is saved and closed.
Solution
To use special characters from the Character Palette, follow these steps after adding a text object or selecting button text on your DVD menu or in Property Inspector text entry fields:
- Click so the text entry cursor is active (cursor blinking or existing text selected) in the text object or button text on the menu or in the Property Inspector window.
- Choose Edit > Special Characters.
- From the View pop-up menu at the top of the Character Palette, choose the type of characters you want to see.
- Click an item in the list on the left to see the characters that are available in each category.
- Select the character or symbol in the right column that you want to insert into your document, and then click Insert.
Do not select a font variation from the Font Variation section of the Character Palette.