(this entry is a bit of a mess, just posting it for reference now, might get around to expand the topic at a later time)
According to the internet, IE has issues with the UTF-8 version of subscript 2: CO₂ … which unfortunately turns out to be correct, also in IE8. IE just displays an outlined square.
when writing m², you can either use the entity ² or <sup>2</sup>. There is no entity for subscript-2 and the UTF-character ₂ doesn’t work in IE
Without some extra CSS in the document they differ a bit, ² being more typographically correct. <sup> and <sub> elements messes up the line spacing.
Examples (entities vs. sup/sub):
m² vs. m2 and CO₂ vs. CO2
When rendering typefaces for use with Cúfon or sIFR, it’s not enough with choosing basic latin if you want to be able to write in swedish or danish. Here’s the string I’m using for configuration:
Adding extra characters when rendering font files for Cufón is fairly straightforward; just paste that string into the text field labeled “.. and also these single characters” and render away.
When generating .swf-files for use with sIFR, select the text object in the .fla file that comes with the download, 2) click the character embedding button, and 3) paste the text string in the field. Generate the .swf, and done!
This song has been going around like the flu in the office the last couple of months. Spanish Flea by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass… Here’s what has to be the funniest interpretation ever of it:
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