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mick

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Since: Aug 13, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 12:37 pm
Post subject: symbols as seen by US users
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I have just built a site which contains both the euro
symbol and the british pound symbol in ariel font
(see www.remotestand.com) and was wondering if both
these symbols will get displayed correctly to U.S. visitors
or will they get some horrid message like "would you like to download
european fonts". And if they do get such a message,
is there a way to avoid it?

Thanks,
Mick.

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mick

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:03 pm
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>You're using proper entity references, not special fonts. That makes it
>a browsers issue, and the biggest potential problem there is missing
>support for the named references. Consider using € and £
>instead.

I have no idea what a "proper entity reference" is, but I've assumed
you're right and I've just changed the page to use € and £
hope it looks ok (please tell me if it doesn't).

Thanks,
Mick.

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 3:58 pm
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In article <1123961834.804014.86050 RemoveThis @g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
mick RemoveThis @reiss.demon.co.uk wrote:

> I have just built a site which contains both the euro
> symbol and the british pound symbol in ariel font
> (see www.remotestand.com) and was wondering if both
> these symbols will get displayed correctly to U.S. visitors
> or will they get some horrid message like "would you like to download
> european fonts". And if they do get such a message,
> is there a way to avoid it?

You're using proper entity references, not special fonts. That makes it
a browsers issue, and the biggest potential problem there is missing
support for the named references. Consider using € and £
instead.
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