Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Avoiding special characters

Source: 1st period FeedBlendr list (May 9, 2007)This is a quickpost to advise everyone again against using special characters in blog titles and elsewhere in blogs. Here is a snapshot of the problem from the 1st period FeedBlendr list (May 9, 2007):

As you can see, the three blog titles on the right range from barely recognizable, if you are familiar with the titles of your classmates blogs, to entirely unrecognizable. To learn more about these kinds of problems with non-alphanumeric characters, and how to avoid them, please see the Writing Studio Wiki (§ 7.1. English Typing) and the Help: FAQ section of the WinK Wiki on Gobbledygook.

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