Give me my guillemets pls.
May 29, 2010 1:23 PM Subscribe
Is there an HTML code for a downwards/upwards pointing guillemet?
OK, fussy HTML typography question. I'm a big fan of guillemets, i.e. these:
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I know the HTML codes for them, but what I want is the same little double arrows pointing up and down (like a double chevron), i.e. those guys tipped over on their sides. Is there a dingbat or an HTML code anywhere that will create them?
OK, fussy HTML typography question. I'm a big fan of guillemets, i.e. these:
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I know the HTML codes for them, but what I want is the same little double arrows pointing up and down (like a double chevron), i.e. those guys tipped over on their sides. Is there a dingbat or an HTML code anywhere that will create them?
Unicode provides a few obscure angle bracket sets (hope these work):
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xFE3D;xFE3E;x300A;x300B;
xFE3F;xFE40;x3008;x3009;
x2A53;x2A54;x2AA1;x2AA2;
I'd probably go with a CSS transform, too, though.
posted by cowbellemoo at 2:13 PM on May 29, 2010
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xFE3D;xFE3E;x300A;x300B;
xFE3F;xFE40;x3008;x3009;
x2A53;x2A54;x2AA1;x2AA2;
I'd probably go with a CSS transform, too, though.
posted by cowbellemoo at 2:13 PM on May 29, 2010
Damn you, matthowie, and your stringent validation scheme, too! This link will show the sets above.
posted by cowbellemoo at 2:16 PM on May 29, 2010
posted by cowbellemoo at 2:16 PM on May 29, 2010
Testing to see if copypasting from cowbellemoo's link works: ︽ ︾
posted by Kattullus at 2:49 PM on May 29, 2010
posted by Kattullus at 2:49 PM on May 29, 2010
The thing you want to look at is Unicode (the HTML entities are just a convenient way to get arbitrary Unicode characters into your text).
The FE3x characters are actually the presentation forms for left/right double angle brackets when writing vertically (they're in a CJK compatibility area), so they sound like what you want. The 2Axx symbols are mathematical symbols (double logical and / or).
posted by hattifattener at 3:40 PM on May 29, 2010
The FE3x characters are actually the presentation forms for left/right double angle brackets when writing vertically (they're in a CJK compatibility area), so they sound like what you want. The 2Axx symbols are mathematical symbols (double logical and / or).
posted by hattifattener at 3:40 PM on May 29, 2010
And you don’t need “an HTML code”; just use the characters, although if you’re using them as arrows you’re misusing their semantics.
posted by joeclark at 1:44 PM on May 30, 2010
posted by joeclark at 1:44 PM on May 30, 2010
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posted by gregjones at 1:42 PM on May 29, 2010