John Williams wrote: > In article <96e6ff5b51....@nails.ukonline.co.uk>, > Jim Nagel <nets...@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote: > > > what does Pluto do with French characters such as é and É and ç? > > (characters 233, 201, 231 respectively = &E9, &C9, &E7) > > Displays them correctly if set to 8-bit, but doesn't display these other > non-ASCII characters which, like the pound sign, should not be used in > e-mails for fear of upsetting elderly gentlemen like me with a tendency to > pedantry, or confusing others. > > You'll be using "smart" quotes next! > > I use a system font to display in Pluto, as is my right. > ^^^^^^ > > It does not have 'bullet points'.
Strange, the system font supplied with this M/C has a full set of characters including bullet points, pound sign etc. I use it by default, it may not be pretty by is clear and unambiguous (no confusion between 1 and I or L etc) -- Erving
