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GrannyGrump · 09-09-2011, 04:35 AM

I have been trying to learn about HTML and CSS from various online tutorials and Mobile Read posts. I saw a post here on the forum about using HTML entities to help prevent the question mark/blank box that happens when a font can't support a special character.
This works for me for  , but it seems that many others that I use get converted to the actual glyph as soon as I move from Code View to Book View and back again. For instance, “ %mdash; and others.

Is this a normal behavior? Should I try to prevent it? If so, how? Is this something that can be set in the header of the HTML file?

Thanks for any enlightenment....
(I feel so stooooopid!)

09-09-2011, 04:35 AM	#1
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	HTML entities being changed to actual glyphs I have been trying to learn about HTML and CSS from various online tutorials and Mobile Read posts. I saw a post here on the forum about using HTML entities to help prevent the question mark/blank box that happens when a font can't support a special character. This works for me for  , but it seems that many others that I use get converted to the actual glyph as soon as I move from Code View to Book View and back again. For instance, “ %mdash; and others. Is this a normal behavior? Should I try to prevent it? If so, how? Is this something that can be set in the header of the HTML file? Thanks for any enlightenment.... (I feel so stooooopid!)