Some browsers, particularly Firefox 3 and higher, do not support
<FONT FACE="Font_name"> statements in the default
configuration. The argument for removal of this functionality
is that the statement is not HTML standards compliant. The decison
however implies that many mathematical web pages produced before
2005, and websites locked in to older software, will need to
be rewritten. There is a small problem in that it isn't going
to happen for information which is no longer maintained, but
it is presumably better to throw away an entire cultural heritage
than it is to allow non-conformity.
Except for the table above, this website is no longer affected
by the Symbol font problem. All instances of the font on other
HTML pages have been found and replaced using HTML escape characters
or gif images. You are sure to come across it when browing old
mathematical websites however.
An applet-driven solution to the problem is given at everything2.com.
For other possible solutions, see:
 http://www.numericana.com/about.htm#symbol
.
http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Wfonts.html
.
http://nothing.golddave.com/?p=53 .
http://www.jesus.org.uk/vault/_symbol.htm
.
A highly effective solution is to get Google Chrome.
Shown below is the Greek alphabet using HTML escape characters.
Unfortunately, in the complete set of symbols, there are some
differences between HTML escape characters and Symbol font characters,
and Symbol font allows the construction of formulae on multiple
lines using tables. This is why Symbol font is still used in
some maintained websites. |
