On 3/20/12 11:09 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 3/20/12 10:18 PM, Mike C wrote: >> Is there a way to Use Wingdings in SM mail? > > There was an extensive discussion about Wingdings in Web pages, not so > long ago. The conclusion is that, since this is contrary to the HTML > specifications, it is generally NOT allowed. Only those special > characters that are part of the Unicode standard can be represented in > HTML. > > Since Wingdings are not supported by plain-text, ASCII-formatted E-mail, > you would need to use HTML-formatted E-mail. You would thus face the > same restrictions imposed by the HTML specifications that apply to Web > pages. > > See: > <http://www.unicode.org/> > <http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/named-character-references.html> > (best viewed with JavaScript disabled before loading and with [View > > Text Zoom > 150%]) > <http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/html/characters.html> > <http://www.alanwood.net/demos/wingdings.html> >
One thing to remember is that Wingdings, Digbats, and other such symbol fonts were never intended for use with the Internet. They were intended for use in preparing hard-copy documents (e.g., via Word). -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
