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problem displaying alpha (scientific character)

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 1:30 pm
by veenasv
Hi,
In my html form I have to display character alpha, beta and gamma
I used the Numeric Character Reference as &#945,&#946 and &#947 respectively. but when I view the webpage, it shows like A, B and G (with weird font style). I tried allthe possibilities in vain. Please suggest

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 2:56 pm
by JayBird
don't know if this will be any help

http://www.asciitable.com/

Mark

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 4:30 pm
by volka
maybe your browser is not capable of displaying Greek characters (yet)

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2003 10:02 pm
by JAM
Does this work?

Code: Select all

α - β - γ
Beware, it varies from browser to browser... So just because it works or you (or in this case me) it might fail at another users screen.

Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2003 1:23 pm
by Vincent Puglia
Hi,

The displaying of characters is dependent upon the font being used.
If the font does not have the character, it defaults to the next best -- which isn't always what you intended.

Vinny