# Wait, strikeover doesn't work on the number four? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 26, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409 "2013-02-26T03:25:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/1 "2013-02-26T03:25:24Z")
I just tried to use strikeover on a 4 and and it didn’t work. And it doesn’t work on multiple 4’s. [del]1[/del] [del]2[/del] [del]3[/del] [del]4[/del] [del]5[/del] [del]6[/del] [del]44[/del] [del]444[/del] 😕😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/2 "2013-02-26T03:26:51Z")
The strikethrough line goes right over the crossbar in the 4. It’s there, but you can’t see it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/3 "2013-02-26T03:26:56Z")
Looks like [del]4[/del] [del]44[/del] [del]444[/del] works for me… ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/4 "2013-02-26T03:31:25Z")
Yes, on my Chrome, the 4s are displaying with a second strikethrough line above the crossbar. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/5 "2013-02-26T03:31:35Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > The strikethrough line goes right over the crossbar in the 4. It’s there, but you can’t see it. Yes, but is over the 4, or under the 4? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/6 "2013-02-26T03:36:52Z")
> [@marley23](#): > > the strikethrough line goes right over the crossbar in the 4. It’s there, but you can’t see it. 4 4 [del]4[/del] 4 4 It’s invisible in Firefox. I can’t see any difference in the 4’s even when I blow up the page to several times normal size. I do see the crossbar in IE. Weird. I never noticed that before. And we could use a “weird” smilie. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/7 "2013-02-26T03:41:31Z")
Georgia wins: [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] 4 [del]4[/del] ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/8 "2013-02-26T03:44:44Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > 4 4 [del]4[/del] 4 4 > > It’s invisible in Firefox. I can’t see any difference in the 4’s even when I blow up the page to several times normal size. I do see the crossbar in IE. > > Weird. I never noticed that before. > > And we could use a “weird” smilie. I’m using Chrome; sounds like a browser issue. :dubious: Also, about half of the ones posted by **Moriah** don’t show up as barred in Safari. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/9 "2013-02-26T06:19:12Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I’m using Chrome; sounds like a browser issue. :dubious: Also, about half of the ones posted by **Moriah** don’t show up as barred in Safari. It has nothing to do with your browser. It depends on the font design. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/10 "2013-02-26T13:32:02Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > It has nothing to do with your browser. It depends on the font design. It’s totally a browser issue. Every one of those fonts clearly shows the strikeout in IE, exactly 2 do in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/11 "2013-02-26T16:07:41Z")
Does this mean when we make a numbered list we have to reference Opal in #3 and strike out #4? ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/12 "2013-02-26T17:34:17Z")
What’s the problem? [del]4[/del] ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/13 "2013-02-26T19:48:41Z")
Here’s the problem: [![](https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/zombie_guy/4_zpse17b892a.jpg) ](https://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f346/zombie_guy/4_zpse17b892a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/14 "2013-02-26T20:09:11Z")
I’m on Safari, and I can’t even see an option to do strike-through at all. Can you do it on Safari? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/15 "2013-02-26T20:21:00Z")
[del]IV[/del] Works fine. It’s those new-fangled Arabic numerals that are the problem! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/16 "2013-02-26T20:26:59Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I’m on Safari, and I can’t even see an option to do strike-through at all. Can you do it on Safari? They’re talking about the [noparse][del][/del][/noparse] tags. ---
**Author:** ![R3d\_Anonymous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aeb1de/32.png) [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/17 "2013-02-26T21:28:26Z")
I am on chrome and I can see it. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/18 "2013-02-26T23:28:50Z")
[del][COLOR=“Black”]4[/del][/COLOR] What happens if you try to make the number and strikeout a different color with 4? Though if I remember right some browsers don’t even let you see it in a different color to begin with, while others do. Looks like Chrome doesn’t… edit: and looks like Firefox gives you a 4 with part of it in red. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/19 "2013-02-26T23:51:50Z")
[del]3.99999999[/del] Close enough. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/20 "2013-02-26T23:56:34Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > [del]3.99999999[/del] > > Close enough. Very nice. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409.md?page=2)