Template:Unicode/doc

Usage

 * This portion ported as usage from en.wikipedia talk page w:template talk:unicode
 * Problems and talk discussions should be posted to that page which the programmers have watchlisted.

unicode containing:
 * Ver: Update to late P2, P3 call forms.  Fra  nkB 15:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Purpose
This template was created to allow easy switching to unicode fonts. It should only be used in cases where characters do otherwise not render correctly on some browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The fonts selected are designed to maximize the probability to render uncommon Unicode characters correctly. However, different fonts cover different Unicode ranges. It is probably mostly useful for various Unicode symbols. Do not use it for the following:


 * For strings in the International Phonetic Alphabet, use IPA.
 * for various non-Latin scripts, use lang if possible, or script otherwise.
 * for MUFI encoding (non-Unicode), use mufi.

Guts of template
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wherein class="Unicode" is defined in MediaWiki:Common.css; this class at present selects the fonts
 * Code2000, Code2001, "Free Serif", "TITUS Cyberbit Basic", "Doulos SIL", "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Bitstream Cyberbit", "Bitstream CyberBase", Thryomanes, Gentium, GentiumAlt, "Lucida Grande", "Free Sans", "Arial Unicode MS", "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Lucida Sans Unicode";

A personal stylesheet (/monobook.css &c, class .Unicode) may be used to enforce a "prettier" display where preferred.

Examples
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