# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/21 "2013-02-27T00:57:08Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > [del]3.99999999[/del] > > Close enough. [del]3.99999999…[/del] Even closer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/22 "2013-02-27T04:10:28Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > [del][COLOR=“Black”]4[/del][/COLOR] > > What happens if you try to make the number and strikeout a different color with 4? I never would have thought this would work. I see the 4 in black and the strikeout in red. **TBG** ’s source code for this is: [noparse][del][COLOR=“Black”]4[/del][/COLOR][/noparse] (ETA: And the resulting HTML code is: [noparse]\\\4\\\[/noparse] ) I am using Ubuntu Linux with Firefox (both several years old). I see a regular 4 with a horizontal part 1 pixel high, and a struck-out 4 with a horizontal bar 2 pixels high, the extra height being above the horizontal part of the regular 4 (and red in **TBG** ’s example), and also sticking out one pixel farther at the left and right ends. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/23 "2013-02-27T20:40:16Z")
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**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/24 "2013-02-27T22:00:35Z")
I’m a little confused. The problem is the browser, correct? I use IE, and in the OP, I see a strike-through on all the 4’s, just fine, slightly above the cross-bar. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/25 "2013-02-27T22:26:37Z")
> [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](#): > > I’m a little confused. The problem is the browser, correct? I use IE, and in the OP, I see a strike-through on all the 4’s, just fine, slightly above the cross-bar. Check out #13. It’s a screen cap of struck out 4s compared between Firefox and IE. In FF, most fonts have the cross bar and the strike bar on top of each other. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2013, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409/26 "2013-02-28T01:00:10Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Does this mean when we make a numbered list we have to reference Opal in #3 and strike out #4? No. You do it like this: [ul] [li]list item 1[/li][li]list item 2[/li][li] **Hi, Opal!** [/li][li][sub]Bye, Opal![/sub][/li][/ul] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wait-strikeover-doesnt-work-on-the-number-four/651409.md?page=1)