On Jul 11, 2007, at 5:07 AM, David Hucklesby wrote: > I had written: >>> A while back[1], I attempted to substitute a heart entity for the >>> normal >>> list bullet, (a) so I could change its color on :hover, and (b) >>> so that >>> it sized with the text. I used :before for modern browsers, and >>> some scripting for IE. >>> >>> If that method works for you, feel free to use the script etc.. >>> >>> It was hardly, umm, bullet-proof. >>> >>> [1] <http://webwiz.robinshosting.com/hearts.html> >>> > On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:03:52 +0100 (BST), Austin Harris replied: >> Doesn't work on Mac OS 10.3.9 Firefox 2.0.0.4, all I see is red >> pipe characters. >> >> > > Yup. You get the same result on a variety of browser / OS > combinations. > The problem is ensuring that the heart-shaped glyph occurs in all the > declared fonts, as well as the browser default. I have not found a way > to do that. Well, if a specific character cannot be displayed in the specified font(-family), browsers will look for an alternative that does contain the character. In the case of Fx 2.0.0.x Mac (and older) the fact that it cannot display the heart characters is a bug [1] and is fixed in the nightly builds (what will be Firefox 3.0).
[1] <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=212745> Philippe --- Philippe Wittenbergh <http://emps.l-c-n.com> ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d IE7 information -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=IE7 List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
