# Testing Unicode - can YOU see Hebrew here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 25, 2003, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165 "2003-11-25T12:07:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/21 "2003-11-26T10:43:45Z")
Surely one of the problems is not the browser, but the doctype setting at the head of the page: vBulletin doesn’t seem to set one, but if you make an external page with a Unicode doctype, more browsers will pick it up. Also, don’t worry about Netscape 4.x not working - it’s a piece of shit. שלום! ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/22 "2003-11-27T02:59:05Z")
Netscape 7.1 on Windows XP, I read you loud and clear ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/23 "2003-11-27T07:56:09Z")
I see only boxes, no Hebrew. ☹ MSIE4 on Win NT4 ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2003, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/24 "2003-11-27T11:06:58Z")
IE 6.0 WinXP sees it fine, but I have a vague memory of installing a Hebrew language pack at some point… Grim ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/25 "2003-12-01T04:50:10Z")
On IE 6 and Windows 2000, I see it just fine. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![umop\_ap\_sdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/dbc845/32.png) [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/26 "2003-12-01T07:40:19Z")
What the - whoa! I just pulled up this thread in IE5 (been running IE4 in compatibility mode). I can see the Hebrew now! Perhaps when you use unicode you might include a warning that it might not display properly in IE4? ([sub]Some of us are still using it, apparently :o[/sub]) ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/27 "2003-12-01T14:35:10Z")
WIN Millenium and IE5, yep. ;j ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/28 "2003-12-01T20:25:34Z")
OS X 10.2.8 and Mozilla 1.1 here, and I think I see it correctly. I recognize aleph, at least, and the other two look Hebrew. Just to check, the bet looks like a backwards C with an angular corner at bottom right, and the gimmel looks sort of like a lower-case lambda… Is that right? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/29 "2003-12-02T03:46:30Z")
WinXP running IE6, and I see a picture of Geena Davis going down on Wilford Brimley. I assume that was intentional. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/30 "2003-12-02T04:30:45Z")
WinXP Pro and Mozilla 1.5 here. Looks just fine, though it’s awfully small. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165/31 "2003-12-02T06:54:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cervaise \* > \*\*WinXP running IE6, and I see a picture of Geena Davis going down on Wilford Brimley. I assume that was intentional. \*\* What encoding are you using, **Cervaise**? Excited^H^H^H^H^H^H^HEnquiring minds want to know! 🙂 And thank you once again to everyone else, as well! Actually looks like almost everyone (except Cervaise…) can see what I wanted. Cervaise seems to see what (s)he wants :p(:)) Dan Abarbanel [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-unicode-can-you-see-hebrew-here/215165.md?page=1)