# Symbols (for UncleBeer)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 14, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335 "2000-06-14T13:13:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335/1 "2000-06-14T13:13:34Z")

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In this [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=27421), you presented these symbols:

“ **ø** ”

and

“ **½ª¸§**.”

How do you _do_ that?

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335/2 "2000-06-14T13:23:50Z")

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See [How to use HTML special characters](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26771)

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335/3 "2000-06-14T15:24:31Z")

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What the good Doctor said. There are a couple other methods noted in this thread.  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26695](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=26695)

‡¶œ¢»Ðþƒ

Enjoy!

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**Author:** ![BarnStormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335/4 "2000-06-14T16:11:19Z")

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How did jdavis put a smiley into a thread name? It doesn’t work for me.

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**Author:** ![Nen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Nen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nen)\
**Post date:** [June 14, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/symbols-for-unclebeer/22335/5 "2000-06-14T16:11:38Z")

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Thank you bÖth.