Re: Em Dash & Bullets

Ted,

Thanks... I was trying the Alt+0151 method last night in my frenzy to get it
right (which never happened), but my computer would not print the character.
Held down Alt, pressed "0" and the computer made a ping sound, I continued
to press 151, but nothing appeared.
What did I miss? Hey... have you tried Fuzzy's suggestion?

Thanks,
Lauren


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ted Temer" <temer(at)c-zone.net>
To: "HWGBASICS" <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 4:41 PM
Subject: Re: Em Dash & Bullets


> Lauren:
>
> > Is there a tried and true method that *works on all browsers* to >get
the
> em
> > dash and bullet characters on an HTML page?
>
> To put it simply ... No!!!
>
> The problem is that some of those browsers are forced to work in a
> non-Windows environment. And even though HTML Character Entities are
> supposed to work--as you already know--they sometimes don't--Windows
> notwithstanding.
>
> I know that at least two or three will mention "correct" HTML and / or
> "validation" but as we all know--that's no guarantee that "every" browser,
> on "every" operating system, will display them.
>
> Using either Dreamweaver or FrontPage, an em dash is Alt+0151 and both
> programs insert bullets automatically. For a "hand" bullet, most use
> Alt+0140.
>
> However, like everything else connected to fonts--the viewer's machine
must
> agree to all this and MUST have the font loaded that will display the
symbol
> you want to use. And of course, a lot of them won't.
>
> According to Adobe, even using PDF, a lot of "fancy" fonts will get
> converted to Helvetica by the Acrobat Reader on the host machine unless
> those fancy fonts are present on that particular recipient's machine.
> (Source: Acrobat Reader Help Files) So what's a poor browser to do??
>
> I too--share your fondness for em dashes. ( I profess to be a writer of
> novels.) And--As I use FrontPage, I simply type Alt+0151 and promptly bury
> my head in the sand. So far, so good except it's sort of hard on my comb.
>
> (Of course--you can do as we do for this list, and use a double dash.
> Remember that old and ancient historical "office" gizmo called a
> typewriter???)
>
> Best wishes
> Ted Temer
> Temercraft Designs Redding, CA
> temer(at)c-zone.net
> www.temercraft.com/novels/
> www.newsredding.com/
> www.ramac-rc.org/
>
>
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Is there a tried and true method that *works on all browsers* to get the
> em
> > dash and bullet characters on an HTML page? I know about the "HTML
> Character
> > Entities" page and it's no help. If you know the secret, what is it?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Lauren, who likes em dashes...
> >
> >
>

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