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Re: symbol for Metro

Posted by Alan J. Flavell on 07/06/06 12:02

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006, Dylan Parry wrote:

> Zox wrote:
>
> > There is a symbol used in Paris for the Metro system,
> > which is a capital M inside a circle. It's used in
> > tourist guidebooks and in weekly papers and such.
> >
> > Does HTML have an equivalent?
>
> No.

Yes. Ⓜ = Ⓜ

Whether it will display on a wide range of browsers is another
question. Try it on some, using
http://ppewww.ph.gla.ac.uk/~flavell/unicode/unidata24.html

Works for me, in several browsers, but then I've got a fair range of
i18n fonts installed.

> You'll need to create a image showing the symbol.

It might be advisable, indeed. You could set the image's alt
text to alt="Ⓜ" for use by advanced browsers...

cheers

 

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