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In Antoine's postings, and those from several others, the degree symbol 
comes across as an empty square; presumably a symbol that my computer fails 
to understand. But at least, it's obvious what is intended, so no ambiguity 
results.

He wrote-

"in my last post, actually the degree symbol ° is a symbol which I cannot 
get to show up properly when published on the web ... while the arc minute 
symbol ' apparently seems to perform OK in this respect."


I used to spell out degrees as "deg", but following useful advice which 
arrived via Navlist I have learned to produce the proper º symbol. However, 
I think the sequence may vary between different keyboards, depending on 
whether there's a separate numerical keypad area. In my cheapo Dell laptop, 
there isn't such a separate keypad.

In my case, the recipe is this. Holding down both Fn and Alt keys, press in 
turn J O 7    (note, that was letter-O, not number-0). On releasing the Fn 
and Alt keys, a º symbol magically pops up. º look! there it is again! º. 
How and why this works, I couldn't say; but it does, for me.

George.

contact George Huxtable, at  george{at}hux.me.uk.
or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222)
or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. 

   

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