tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post4143316490743194945..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: Can Your Typewriter Make an Interrobang on National Punctuation Day? Mine Can! (Almost)Robert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-11766185977575671462015-09-25T19:40:12.499+10:002015-09-25T19:40:12.499+10:00I forgot about the Otothorpe that everyone calls b...I forgot about the Otothorpe that everyone calls by the wrong name. #Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-22267360527143091982015-09-25T19:35:50.994+10:002015-09-25T19:35:50.994+10:00I remember the interrobang from Shady Characters. ...I remember the interrobang from Shady Characters. I'd love to have a typewriter with it. I understand only one had it. I've tried making it, but most typewriters I have the ? and ! are the same height so they only blurr.<br /><br />It'd be nice to have a typewriter with some of those neat marks. It sure would get someone's attention reading the document.Bill Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649212489891769390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-24954191368165428472015-09-25T18:24:37.086+10:002015-09-25T18:24:37.086+10:00Sorry, Ted, I did notice there were codes in the c...Sorry, Ted, I did notice there were codes in the colour boxes on the Mental Floss graphic, and I did try one, with Word, but it didn’t work, not for me anyway. It was just an attempt (admittedly feeble) to show that with three keystrokes on a typewriter, I could produce three of these 13 marks – I suspect it would take a few more with Word, or whatever. Just another (admittedly pointless) attempt by me to prove typewriters are superior to computers.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-8074938975669540972015-09-25T16:30:49.653+10:002015-09-25T16:30:49.653+10:00oh, heh. I was just noting that many of these char...oh, heh. I was just noting that many of these characters are supported in HTML and CSS. Interrobang is "ampersand,hash,8253,semicolon". Thus the more popular ones have already made it into the entity characterset.. let's see if I can make it bigger: ‽. (we'll see if blogger supports a tag with attributes) :DTedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-50384159782961390612015-09-25T15:41:38.709+10:002015-09-25T15:41:38.709+10:00Sorry, Ted, I have absolutely no idea whatsoever w...Sorry, Ted, I have absolutely no idea whatsoever what that means. I was just having a bit of fun with a typewriter, that's all. Nothing serious.Robert Messengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-40530395062078871212015-09-25T15:34:16.444+10:002015-09-25T15:34:16.444+10:00The interrobang is supported as an HTML entity, is...The interrobang is supported as an HTML entity, is it not‽Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774432656602082311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-67368169359896617202015-09-25T14:24:50.328+10:002015-09-25T14:24:50.328+10:00Just what my punctuation's been missing!? (fai...Just what my punctuation's been missing!? (failed interrobang)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com