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I'm guessings short of using Images, if I want special characters like
Sigma or Mu I'm going to have to use MathXML. Are there any other
alternatives out there?

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On 04.2.4 6:57 PM, artist wrote:

I'm guessings short of using Images, if I want special characters like
Sigma or Mu I'm going to have to use MathXML. Are there any other
alternatives out there?

Σ?
μ?

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artist wrote in message ...

I'm guessings short of using Images, if I want special characters like
Sigma or Mu I'm going to have to use MathXML. Are there any other
alternatives out there?

Is this any help ...
http://www.webpageworkshop.co.uk/main/character_codes

Steve R. wrote:

artist wrote in message ...

I'm guessings short of using Images, if I want special characters like
Sigma or Mu I'm going to have to use MathXML. Are there any other
alternatives out there?


Is this any help ...
http://www.webpageworkshop.co.uk/main/character_codes

As that web site so succinctly points out, character codes do not have
universal acceptance across browsers. In fact, the use of the more
esoteric character codes results in a complete crap shoot for compatibility.

The better way would be to create your web pages as UTF-8, and use the
entities directly. That is, create an HTML file with NotePad, save it as
UTF-8 instead of ANSI or Unicode, and then use the alt-#### combination
to bring in the characters needed. Full Unicode characters (that do not
have an alt-#### code) can also be used by cutting and pasting them from
Character Map (My Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools).

Also note, NotePad can only create UTF-8 files under Windows NT (version
4.0, 5.0 "2000" or 5.1 "XP"). If you use the old DOS-based versions of
Windows (95, 98, ME), you're outta luck.

I hope this helps.
....Geshel
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