Looks good to me too and I was also puzzled as to where the quad should be.
Using Windows 7 RC and both Firefox 3 and IE8.

> From: Devon McCormick 
> the page looks OK to me but I don't see where there's supposed to be a
> quad.
> 
> Devon
> 
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 1:10 AM, Ian Clark
> > Only just noticed that (some) APL chars are not showing correctly on
> > my Mac with the APWJ pages, eg in
> > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Doc/Articles/Play223
> > notably "quad", which shows as '?'.
> >
> > The correct unicode (utf-8) char-codes are there, because I can
> > copy/paste the offending code from the page into TextEdit, set the
> > font to APL385 Unicode, and I then see the correct chars.
> >
> > Am I the only person with this problem?
> >
> > I'd guess that MoinMoin is set up to specify certain fonts for its
> > code styles, eg <tt class='backtick' ... and these fonts (including
> > JSans, maybe?) do not have the APL charset properly represented.
> >
> > Could it be possible for these code styles to opt to use APL385
> > Unicode if it's installed? (It's downloadable free from
> > http://www.vector.org.uk/?area=fonts )
> >
> > Or maybe have a separate APL style (needed both for <pre and for <tt)?
> > A separate style would be a pity, because the APWJ book (Edn 1) uses
> > APL385 Unicode for all code, J included.
> >
> > In general it's nice to be able to exhibit APL expressions, if only to
> > diss 'em. :-)
> >

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