Yet another question about star symbols

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    winkypedia · Member ·

    Hi

    I have been reading the threads about star symbols and I noticed that quite a few suggested the following:

    solid star: ★ & # 9733 ;
    star outline ☆ & # 9734 ;

    I copied and pasted the star ★ and ☆ into the ‘Visual’ mode of text, without putting & # 9733 or & # 9734 in the HTML mode. It works fine with my computer at home but with my computer at work, they only appear as hallow rectangles. No idea why? ( I read somewhere on the forum it could be due to the graphic card?)

    I would like to put & # 9733 or & # 9734 in the HTML mode now to see if it works. Do I need to put anything like < > or { } in there to highlight them? I tried just copying and pasting but it just displays as it is without turning into stars.

    It is a stupid question really but if you can help, I would be very grateful.

    Thanks.

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    airodyssey · Member ·

    Hi. Verify your encoding settings on your browser. It’s usually in the “View” menu. Most special symbols will appear only if the UTF-8 (Unicode) setting is selected.

    If that doesn’t help, I’ll let another volunteer provide their ideas.

  • Unknown's avatar
    panaghiotisadam · Member ·

    See here:

    Special characters, symbols, and html entities

  • Unknown's avatar
    winkypedia · Member ·

    thanks guys for your tips.

    i’ll have made some adjustments in one post and i’ll adjust the browser setting tomorrow at work to see if it works.

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    ptrplease · Member ·

    On certain platforms (many Mobile) the characters may also not show up properly, so keep that in mind. :)

    Also, Search Engines may not always Index that post correctly, if at all with some characters/symbols.

  • Unknown's avatar
    winkypedia · Member ·

    I just checked with my computer at work. Even though the ‘View’ is UTF-8 (unicode), and I have used a full code as suggestd by http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/01/29/special-characters-symbols-html-entities/, but it still displays vertical rectangles.

    With advice from ptrplease, perhaps i should consider using images instead.

    Do images always work?

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