# Symbol font now available. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 2, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016 "2001-10-02T18:38:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/21 "2001-10-03T04:54:35Z")
Quoth **Shayna** : “It’s probably not a browser issue, but rather, a matter of you not having the Symbol font installed on your computer.” Good thinking, but it’s there. I use it all the time. I’m going to do some more investigating, but if anyone here has any thoughts, please let me know. Also, if anyone here uses Netscape 6, let me know if it works for you. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/22 "2001-10-03T06:26:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ShibbOleth \* > \*\*\<\\> > > [Edited by bibliophage on 10-02-2001 at 04:07 PM] > > Pardon me, **bibliophage** my dear mod, but what pray tell didest thou edit here? Looks the same to me. I only ask to make sure I made no unintentional error. Thanks. \*\* One of the characters you used does not have an assigned counterpart in the symbol font character set, and it seemed to be causing some slight weirdness in my browser. I deleted it, which solved the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/23 "2001-10-03T09:48:27Z")
Thank you for this Tuba, the Koalas are most grateful [sym]O{[sup]o[/sup]·[sup]o[/sup]}O[/sym] [sym]O{[sup]o[/sup]·[sup]o[/sup]}O[/sym] ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/24 "2001-10-03T12:23:48Z")
**bibliophage** , thanks for the explanation. and **Mangetout** , you’ve my vote so far for most creative use of the new symbols. 🙂 [sub]and for most spare time on one’s hands ;)[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/25 "2001-10-03T12:33:17Z")
Spare time? what’s that then? (it’s been so busy around here that the Koalas are all tuckered out now) [sym]O{[sup]È[/sup]·[sup]È[/sup]}O[/sym] [sym]O{[sup]È[/sup]·[sup]È[/sup]}O[/sym] ---
**Author:** ![seawitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@seawitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seawitch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/26 "2001-10-03T16:49:43Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by zut \* > **Wow! Extraordinarily useful! I can’t wait for a GQ math thread!** Crap. I could barely understand those as it was. Now I’m gonna feel like Grampa Simpson all the time. I’m all for fighting ignorance, you understand. I’m just depressed that so much of it is mine. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/27 "2001-10-03T20:47:26Z")
::kisses Tuba’s feet:: If **Q** is the set of rationals and **Z** the set of integers, then q[sym]Î[/sym] **Q** [sym]Û[/sym] q=m/n, with m,n[sym]Î[/sym] **Z** and n[sym]¹[/sym]0. The cardinality of the rationals is [sym]À[/sym][sub]o[/sub]. Hot shit! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/28 "2001-10-03T21:03:35Z")
> [@](#): > > The cardinality of the rationals is [sym]À[/sym][sub]o[/sub]. So sez you. Frankly, I’ve never found the college of cardinals to be all that rational. ---
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/29 "2001-10-03T22:02:14Z")
You know, if you can add whole fonts, maybe you could add one with smiley faces, which I’m sure I’ve seen in the freeware/cheapware bargain bins at the font shops. That would forstall the need for the smiley threads that keep popping up. ---
**Author:** ![barflyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dc4da7/32.png) [@barflyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barflyer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/30 "2001-10-03T22:05:34Z")
[sub]Main Entry: fore·stall Pronunciation: fOr-'stol, for- Function: transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from forstall act of waylaying, from Old English foresteall, from fore- + steall position, stall Date: before 12th century 1 : to prevent the normal trading in by buying or diverting goods or by persuading persons to raise prices 2 archaic : INTERCEPT 3 obsolete : OBSTRUCT, BESET 4 : to exclude, hinder, or prevent by prior occupation or measures 5 : to get ahead of : ANTICIPATE synonym see PREVENT - fore·stall·er noun - fore·stall·ment /-'stol-m&nt/ noun ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/31 "2001-10-03T23:08:56Z")
**UncleBeer** , don’t confuse the cardinality of the rationals with the rationality of the cardinals. If we do that, then we might as well conclude that the cardinals’ integrity, oddity, and primacy are each equal to their rationality, but less than their reality. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/32 "2001-10-03T23:13:05Z")
Yay! Thanks ever so much. Of course, stuff is going to be unreadable if people forget to use the [\*\*\*\*/sym] tag near the beginning of a long post or something. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/33 "2001-10-04T03:06:08Z")
[sym]ó[/sym]³[sym]Ö[/sym]3[sym] ô[/sym]z²dz×cos(3[sym]p[/sym]/9) = ln³[sym]Ö[/sym]e [sym]õ[/sym]1 (bows out) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/34 "2001-10-04T08:11:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by barflyer \* > \*\*You know, if you can add whole fonts, maybe you could add one with smiley faces, which I’m sure I’ve seen in the freeware/cheapware bargain bins at the font shops. > > That would forstall the need for the smiley threads that keep popping up. \*\* [list=1] [li]I think it would rely on any such font being installed on the local user’s machine, that may be why Tuba chose Symbol, because it comes as default with Windoze (though Wingdings would work, if this is correct)[/li][li]I still think we need some new smilies; font ones would be monochrome only[/li][li]The koalas are angry with you now [sym]O{[sup]\>[/sup]·[sup]\<[/sup]}O[/sym] [sym]O{[sup]\>[/sup]·[sup]\<[/sup]}O[/sym] [sub](You have no chance to survive, make your time)[/sub][/li][/list=1] ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/35 "2001-10-04T12:20:50Z")
You think you are strong, because you have used your technology to create a new weapon against me? Bah. You are not so strong. I have stolen your technology, and warped it to my own evil purpose! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/36 "2001-10-04T12:48:28Z")
Thirty-five replies, almost all of them by people having silly fun with the new tag. **TubaDiva** , doesn’t it feel good to be able to create so much happiness with so little effort? ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/37 "2001-10-04T13:28:29Z")
[sym]O{[/sym][sup]x[/sup][sym]·[/sym][sup]x[/sup][sym]}O[/sym] [sym]O{[/sym][sup]x[/sup][sym]·[/sym][sup]x[/sup][sym]}O[/sym] Oh, lord, you’ve killed the koalas by abusing them so! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/38 "2001-10-05T00:24:40Z")
I think it’s only a matter of time before someone uses Symbol characters to construct a Bin Laden mounting a koala from behind, the way this is headed… ---
**Author:** ![Earthling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/90db22/32.png) [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/39 "2001-10-05T00:49:23Z")
It’s all Greek to me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2001, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016/40 "2001-10-05T07:41:17Z")
[Sym]esti moi ellhnikon![/Sym] I’m just going to assume that this works, even if I can’t see it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbol-font-now-available/85016.md?page=3)