# Test\[sup\]\[size=1\]TM\[/size\]\[/sup\] post\[sup\]TM\[/sup\]

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**Created:** [February 12, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260 "2008-02-12T06:07:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/1 "2008-02-12T06:07:37Z")

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Testing VB tags in thread titles.

Didn’t think it would work. Oh, well.

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/2 "2008-02-12T06:10:19Z")

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Yeah, you can’t use coding in thread titles. Don’t quite understand why, either. Might just be a VB thing?

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**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/3 "2008-02-12T06:26:43Z")

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It’s a VB thing. Probably to stop folks using and [img] tag in a title.

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**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/4 "2008-02-12T10:15:40Z")

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If you simply hold down ‘alt’ and enter 0153 numerically, the ™ symbol is displayed as a glyph. That is also how you can produce accented characters for foreign languages, monetary symbols, and more, like the degree sign (alt+0176) °  
legal symbol (alt+0167)§ and copyright (alt+0169) ©.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/5 "2008-02-12T11:55:33Z")

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[QUOTE=danceswithcats]  
If you simply hold down ‘alt’ and enter 0153 numerically  
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I think the numbers have to be entered on the keypad only.

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**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/6 "2008-02-12T15:16:46Z")

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[QUOTE=danceswithcats]  
If you simply hold down ‘alt’ and enter 0153 numerically, the ™ symbol is displayed as a glyph. That is also how you can produce accented characters for foreign languages, monetary symbols, and more, like the degree sign (alt+0176) °  
legal symbol (alt+0167)§ and copyright (alt+0169) ©.  
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:smack: I should have thought of that! Thanks, **dwc**!

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**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/7 "2008-02-12T20:58:29Z")

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[QUOTE=danceswithcats]  
If you simply hold down ‘alt’ and enter 0153 numerically, the ™ symbol is displayed as a glyph. That is also how you can produce accented characters for foreign languages, monetary symbols, and more, like the degree sign (alt+0176) °  
legal symbol (alt+0167)§ and copyright (alt+0169) ©.  
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§ is not the “legal” symbol; it’s the shorthand symbol for “section.”

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/8 "2008-02-12T23:35:28Z")

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Strangely, the thread title just shows up as “…” in the forum summary at [Straight Dope Message Board - Your direct line to thousands of the smartest, hippest people on the planet, plus a few total dipsticks.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/) .

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**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2008, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-sup-size-1-tm-size-sup-post-sup-tm-sup/437260/9 "2008-02-13T04:09:16Z")

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[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq]  
§ is not the “legal” symbol; it’s the shorthand symbol for “section.”  
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I thought that was the symbol for simolian.

Sorry, couldn’t help myself