To display a Unicode web page properly the page developer might
consider typing the diacriticals in a Unicode compliant editor
and saving the HTML file in the UTF-8 format. This file should
include the following META tag in the header:
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type"
content="text/html;charset=utf-8" />
...
</head>
Alternatively, the developer can place escape codes (character
codes) in the web page, which will be by the browser. These are
of the form ampersand, pound, number code, semi-colon. &#XXXX;
(or & # XXXX ; with no spaces).
For example:
aa == ā == a-macron == ( & # 257 ; )
ii == ī == i-macron == ( & # 299 ; )
"n == ṅ == n-sup-dot == ( & # 7749 ; )
I have posted a list appropriate for pali
halfway down this page:
http://alex.voodooglobe.com/alex/043/29/paliunicode.html
In either case, it does not matter what fonts the end user has
installed (nor what platform they are using) as long as they
have ANY Unicode font (with the desired glyphs/diacritics).
Declaring the FONT in the web page is purely for controlling
style aesthetics.
Keep in mind, that many text editors (and web development
programs) do not support Unicode. However, in most cases, the
browser (Explorer, Mozilla, Netscape, Safari, etc) does.
I hope this helps. I would be happy to help get anyone started.
Alex
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Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I�ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.
�Robert Frost
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