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"PeterMcC" <> wrote:

>Marc wrote:
>> I'm looking for a font I can use on the web (a common one) that as
>> curly speech marks, meaning " where they look like "Little 6s and 9s"
>> as my little brother says.
>>
>> I thought Times New Roman had them, but it seems not.
>
>Most fonts - including TNR - have them but the 66s and 99s are outside the
>standard character set so, for web pages, you need to code them rather than
>just using "..."
>
>In the HTML you should use:
>‘ for a single opening quote - a "6"
>’ for a single closing quote - a "9"
>“ for double opening quotes - "66"
>” for double closing quotes - "99"

Nope. Those numbers are undefined in HTML.

“ or &ldquo;
” or &rdquo;
„ or &lsquo;
‟ or &rsquo;

Steve

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Steve Pugh <> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

Steve Pugh wrote:
> "PeterMcC" <> wrote:
>
>> Marc wrote:
>>> I'm looking for a font I can use on the web (a common one) that as
>>> curly speech marks, meaning " where they look like "Little 6s and
>>> 9s" as my little brother says.
>>>
>>> I thought Times New Roman had them, but it seems not.
>>
>> Most fonts - including TNR - have them but the 66s and 99s are
>> outside the standard character set so, for web pages, you need to
>> code them rather than just using "..."
>>
>> In the HTML you should use:
>> ‘ for a single opening quote - a "6"
>> ’ for a single closing quote - a "9"
>> “ for double opening quotes - "66"
>> ” for double closing quotes - "99"
>
> Nope. Those numbers are undefined in HTML.
>
> “ or &ldquo;
> ” or &rdquo;
> „ or &lsquo;
> ‟ or &rsquo;

I've used the method that I described above extensively without being aware
of any problems - I do appreciate that the "aware of" is significant - but
now I know better

Thanks

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> >> I'm looking for a font I can use on the web (a common one) that as
> >> curly speech marks, meaning " where they look like "Little 6s and 9s"
> >> as my little brother says.
> >>
> >> I thought Times New Roman had them, but it seems not.
> >
> >Most fonts - including TNR - have them but the 66s and 99s are outside
the
> >standard character set so, for web pages, you need to code them rather
than
> >just using "..."
> >
> >In the HTML you should use:
> >‘ for a single opening quote - a "6"
> >’ for a single closing quote - a "9"
> >“ for double opening quotes - "66"
> >” for double closing quotes - "99"
>
> Nope. Those numbers are undefined in HTML.
>
> “ or &ldquo;
> ” or &rdquo;
> „ or &lsquo;
> ‟ or &rsquo;
>
I didn't know that. Where is it defined? ie. where can I find a full
listing?

CJH

On Wed, 9 Jul 2003 14:46:42 -0400, "Chris Harris"
<> wrote:

>> “ or &ldquo;
>> ” or &rdquo;
>> „ or &lsquo;
>> ‟ or &rsquo;
>>
>I didn't know that. Where is it defined? ie. where can I find a full
>listing?

http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/guide/entities.html
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...al_characters/
http://www.webpageworkshop.co.uk/main/character_codes

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"Chris Harris" <> wrote:
> Steve Pugh <> wrote:
>>
>> “ or &ldquo;
>> ” or &rdquo;
>> „ or &lsquo;
>> ‟ or &rsquo;
>>
>I didn't know that. Where is it defined? ie. where can I find a full
>listing?

The HTML specification lists all the character entity references (the
&name; form) - http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/entities.html

Numeric character references use the Unicode position. So consult a
Unicode reference for a full (very large) list.

But be aware of all the surrounding issues. There's some good reading
at http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/chars.html and the various
pages linked to from there.

Steve


--
"My theories appal you, my heresies outrage you,
I never answer letters and you don't like my tie." - The Doctor

Steve Pugh <> <http://steve.pugh.net/>

>
> Numeric character references use the Unicode position. So consult a
> Unicode reference for a full (very large) list.
>
> But be aware of all the surrounding issues. There's some good reading
> at http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/chars.html and the various
> pages linked to from there.
>
> Steve
Thanks I'll go off and educate myself some more!

PeterMcC wrote:

> I've used the method that I described above extensively without being aware
> of any problems - I do appreciate that the "aware of" is significant - but
> now I know better

Invalid stuff can sometimes give the appearance of "working" in some
particular situation, but it is still a better idea to follow the standards.

Some of my pages on character set issues:
http://webtips.dan.info/char.html
http://mailformat.dan.info/body/charsets.html

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Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/

Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
> PeterMcC wrote:
>
>> I've used the method that I described above extensively without
>> being aware of any problems - I do appreciate that the "aware of" is
>> significant - but now I know better
>
> Invalid stuff can sometimes give the appearance of "working" in some
> particular situation, but it is still a better idea to follow the
> standards.

Agree entirely, that's why I drew attention to the "aware of".

> Some of my pages on character set issues:
> http://webtips.dan.info/char.html
> http://mailformat.dan.info/body/charsets.html

Thanks.
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PeterMcC
If you feel that any of the above is incorrect,
inappropriate or offensive in any way,
please ignore it and accept my apologies.