How 2 Write Symbols On Forums
Oct 29th, 2009 Posted in Blogging, Computers, Internet, Technology | 3 comments »I ♥ symbols because they are a cute and fun way to personalize text. I used to enjoy putting them in comments and forum messages. Then, somewhere along the line I quit doing this. Maybe I decided it was more practical to say what I wanted without cutesying everything up?
Lately, I have been going to lots of forums and comment forms and I never see people using these symbols. This symbol deficiency makes me want to go symbol CrAZy and start putting the fun back in functional!
I realize that the only reason many people do not use symbols when they write is because they don’t know how. If that is the case, prepare to smile because I am going to tell you!
The first thing to realize is that the method of adding symbols is different if you are doing it in a program, than it is if you are doing it in a comment. In a program such as Word or Photoshop you can create tons of symbols using wingding or dingbat fonts. If you do not have the fonts installed or just want a quick way to make a heart you can use the alt key along with the numeric keypad to the right of your keyboard.
The regular number keys will not work to create symbols; only the right-side keypad. The great thing about creating symbols with the alt-key and numeric keypad is that you can create these symbols on practically any comment form, message board, or guestbook!
Smiley face ☺ is Alt, 1
Heart ♥ is Alt, 3
Diamond &diamonds; is Alt, 4
Club ♣ is Alt, 5
Spade ♠ is Alt, 6
Bullet • is Alt, 7
Music Notes ♫ is Alt, 1, 4
Sun ☼ is Alt, 1, 5
If you want to create symbols for a website using html, you must use special characters (or an image, but that is another topic). Go to this acronet page or this bigbaer page for huge character entity guides. They always begin with an ampersand and end with a semicolon. Ì hope this post made ¢
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