# We can have graphics in our signatures now?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920>\
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**Created:** [December 19, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920 "2003-12-19T05:31:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 17\
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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/1 "2003-12-19T05:31:34Z")

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I’m out of the loop.

How did Shrinking Violet get those graphics in her sig?

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4353998#post4353998](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4353998#post4353998)  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4337431#post4337431](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=4337431#post4337431)

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/2 "2003-12-19T05:36:20Z")

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[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227036](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227036)

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**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/3 "2003-12-19T05:45:06Z")

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Kewl. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/4 "2003-12-19T13:20:05Z")

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Don’t blame me … [**Tapioca Dextrin**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=227036) started it (I think). 😃

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**Author:** ![MissBHaven](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missbhaven/32/7170_2.png) [@MissBHaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissBHaven)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/5 "2003-12-19T15:08:42Z")

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Yep… **Tapioca Dextrin** started it!

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**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/6 "2003-12-21T04:25:38Z")

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So, what’s the big Z supposed to be?

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**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2003, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/7 "2003-12-21T11:54:29Z")

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If you have Webdings font, it shows up as a bunch of flowers … otherwise **MissBHaven** and I are just a little tired … 😃

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**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 24, 2003, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/8 "2003-12-24T05:15:57Z")

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I’ll get **SanguineSpider** to come in here and show her sig to the masses… at least, if she ever does a vanity search, she’ll see this thread.

F\_X

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/9 "2003-12-24T18:07:18Z")

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/10 "2003-12-24T18:08:24Z")

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I’ll try again.

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/11 "2003-12-24T18:15:55Z")

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Well, _that’s_ cool – it even has a teeny-tiny couple o’ dots for New Zealand. Nice colour choice, **Lobsang**. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/12 "2003-12-24T18:24:43Z")

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Alas, no dot for the Isle of Man ☹

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/13 "2003-12-24T19:55:41Z")

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Oh, I gotta try this too.

9

Tripler  
Like I said, I tried.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/14 "2003-12-24T20:15:40Z")

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Here’s a recent post of SS’s:[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4393148#post4393148](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&postid=4393148#post4393148)

I’ll take the liberty of copying the sig here in case it changes:

SanguineSpider!, begotten of Bragi and Iduna. She is mighty, lo! Behold her spear and sword

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**Author:** ![Eleusis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/15 "2003-12-24T20:34:15Z")

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test

¯¯

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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:** [December 25, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/16 "2003-12-25T00:58:48Z")

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I didn’t know I was famous 😉

I stole the idea from someone else, but I’ll happily steal the glory

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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:** [December 26, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-can-have-graphics-in-our-signatures-now/219920/17 "2003-12-26T05:19:40Z")

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Here’s the _original_ [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=176554).
