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Subject:Re: HTML Question about Symbols From:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- jci -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:27:32 -0500
>I found this page right away but suspect there may be problems in
rendering
>it in certian browsers and/or platforms.
>From http://www.barzilai.org/math_sym.htm
>Less than or equal <FONT FACE="Symbol">£</FONT>
>Greater than or equal <FONT FACE="Symbol">³</FONT>
Your suspicion is correct. All values between 128 and 255 should be viewed
with suspicion in these days of Unicode, as the DOCTYPE declaration in your
HTML file may tell the receiving browser not to interpret them the way
you'd like it to.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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