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Weird Characters
"Why does Safari and Firefox (the two browsers I have available on my iMac)
replace, in some recipes, some sensible listed ingredient amount with things
like an "omega" sign or a "degree" sign? I'm assuming it's some sort of
Windows peculiarity that baffles the Cupertino crowd.
Might you post a key to the actual values for the use of those of us who
find these mysterious symbols in a recipe, in one of your public responses?"
This appears to be a Mac vs PC thing rather than a browser thing. We also use the
PC version of Firefox, and the problem does not occur. Some Windows fonts have a
single ascii character for "1/2" and for "1/4" and for "3/4", and apparently your
Mac does not, at least not using the same codes in the default font (character set).
I did a "Search & Replace" for all the 2009 & 2010 pages, and hopefully that corrected
the problem for this year's pages.
The "Omega" symbol is, as you say "1/2"
The degree symbol "º" is "1/4
¼ = 1/4
½ = 1/2
¾ = 3/4
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