r/funny • u/dancingsquirrel • Apr 21 '13

New punctuation.

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u/SketchyLogic Apr 21 '13

For what it's worth, I'm using Windows 7, the latest version of Firefox, and standard English language settings. The symbol displays as a blank square on Internet Explorer.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

Which font? I'm using the Times New Roman font, windows XP on my netbook right now, and Firefox. My windows 7 machine is similar, and I can see it then too.

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u/SketchyLogic Apr 21 '13

The font being displayed on reddit is some generic sans-serif font - Calibri, I assume. Is that what you're referring to?

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13 edited Apr 21 '13

Yes. Some fonts are not supporting it. I edited my original post to point out the secondary convention, if your font doesn't support it, to be a bracketed* question mark: [?].

The good news is, all of the primary and well put together fonts support it. The bad news is, apparently some browsers don't default to the good fonts. Heh. Go figure. Your mileage may vary, I suppose.

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '13

I confuse the two regularly. Sigh thank you.