On Friday 28 March 2008, Jack D. Lewis wrote: >John Jason Jordan wrote the following on 3/28/2008 12:01 AM: >> The problem is that hex 251 (decimal 593) should give you a "script >> a" (fat-a as linguists sometimes call it). It should not give you a >> check mark or a u-circumflex. If your e-mail client displays it >> properly, it should be ɑ.
Interesting, kmail displayed this fat-a correctly, but kcompose to edit this reply does not. >> The reason I need this is for a web site that some other students and I >> am creating: >> >> http://ipa4linguists.pbwiki.com/FrontPage >> >> Go to the Linux or Windows pages and click on the OOo link. I haven't >> changed the page yet to reflect that it doesn't work on OOo/Windows. >> I'm hoping I won't have to, but so far it appears that there is no >> solution. >> >> I should also file a bug report. > >Yes, the fat-a shows just fine in TBird. I just tested the same code, >ALT-0593, in Writer v2.4, ThunderBird, Word 2007, NotePad, and WordPad. >The only one out of the 5 programs that showed me the fat-a with that >code was Word 2007. Word also changed the font to MS Mincho to display >the fat-a. When I manually changed the font in Writer to MS Mincho, it >still did not display the fat-a. -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. -- T.S. Eliot, "The Family Reunion" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
