> 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. >> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:34:29 +0900, Philippe Wittenbergh kindly replied: > > 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> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Oh, no! That means there's a bug in my beloved Opera 9.21, too. How can that be? Thanks for the info, Philippe. Good to know. Anyway, the OP wants to use bullet glyphs, which should be more generally available. The technique *may* be of interest for that purpose. Cordially, David -- ______________________________________________________________________ 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/
