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Freckle Face · 27-05-2008, 06:13

Hi Guys

Can any one tell me Why i get these annoying squares instead of a copyright sign or pound signs.

Do Gooder · 27-05-2008, 06:17

in what context?

if it is on a website you probably need to set a charset?

for example <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />

in an application.. say fotoshoppy.. it could be the font causing the trouble.

doffy · 27-05-2008, 06:20

Check the Copyright Symbols Webpage for use-specific methods.

(edit: or maybe the font you're using is incomplete, charset-wise.)

FoxLeader · 27-05-2008, 08:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by doffy

or maybe the font you're using is incomplete, charset-wise.)

+1. That's the issue I usually face with free fonts which have more chances to be uncomplete. From your image, i'd guess it's from 'toshop so it's probably that.

seen.to · 27-05-2008, 08:52

Because you're just pasting a copyright symbol or using alt+0169 instead of using the HTML entity

Code:

&copy; for copyright symbol.
&pound; for pound sign.

edit: See PGOs link for more.

pgo · 27-05-2008, 10:04

Not to show you up, but this one is great:

XHTML Character Entity Reference

sub · 27-05-2008, 10:13

Thank PGO, I was looking for the '»' (&raquo

character earlier.

Do Gooder · 27-05-2008, 10:36

i drink ∀∃⊥ upsidedown.

good ref pgo.

seen.to · 27-05-2008, 11:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by pgo

Not to show you up, but this one is great:

XHTML Character Entity Reference

Much better, bookmarked.

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