FLASH: Re: SM

[George Malagaris]

not supported well

it looks totally different cross platforms and browsers


and if you're gonna use it set

<font size="-1"></font>


i wouldn't bother




Rudy Limeback wrote:


> Regarding the comment about an ascii symbol for SM...

>

> >You can't. The ASCII people didn't consult with enough marketing people.

> >Sorry, I've had my own travails with that little bugger too.

>

> and

>

> > i am afraid you must do it as a graphic :)

>

> Before resorting to a graphic, try   <sup>SM</sup>

>

> The W3C at http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html#h-9.2.3 says"

>

>         Many scripts (e.g., French) require superscripts or subscripts

>         for proper rendering. The SUB and SUP elements should be

>         used to markup text in these cases.

>

>             H<sub>2</sub>O

>             E = mc<sup>2</sup>

>             <SPAN lang="fr">M<sup>lle</sup> Dupont</SPAN>

>

> It ~is~ possible, I suppose, for some browser somewhere to fail to interpret

> the <sup> tag properly, but in that case it should default to plain text,

> which at least gets the message across as simply as possible.  I mean,

> that's less likely than one of several problems with using a gif (images

> turned off, for example).  In the end you'd want to use ALT="SM" for the gif

> anyway, which would result in the same thing!

>

> ==============================

> Rudy Limeback

>

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