Template:Unicode/doc

Usage

​{{unicode|⋊}}​

and

​{{unicode|⋉}}​

give ⋊ and ⋉.

Purpose

This template was created to allow easy switching to unicode fonts. It should only be used in cases where characters do otherwise not render correctly on some browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer.

The fonts selected are designed to maximize the probability to render uncommon Unicode characters correctly. However, different fonts cover different Unicode ranges. It is probably mostly useful for various Unicode symbols. Do not use it for the following:

• For strings in the International Phonetic Alphabet, use {{IPA}}.
• for various non-Latin scripts, use {{lang}} if possible, or {{script}} otherwise.
• for MUFI encoding (non-Unicode), use {{mufi}}.

Guts of template

<span class="Unicode">{{{1}}}</span>

...wherein class="Unicode" is defined in MediaWiki:Common.css/WinFixes.css:

.Unicode {
    font-family: Code2000, Code2001, "Free Serif", "TITUS Cyberbit Basic",
                 "Doulos SIL", "Chrysanthi Unicode", "Bitstream Cyberbit",
                 "Bitstream CyberBase", Thryomanes, Gentium, GentiumAlt,
                 "Lucida Grande", "Free Sans", "Arial Unicode MS",
                 "Microsoft Sans Serif", "Lucida Sans Unicode";
}

A personal stylesheet (/monobook.css &c, class .Unicode) may be used to enforce a "prettier" display where preferred.

Examples

{{unicode|⋊}} and {{unicode|⋉}} give ⋊ and ⋉.

Technical

This portion ported as usage from en.wikipedia talk page w:template talk:unicode

Problems and talk discussions should be posted to that page which the programmers have watchlisted.

Template:Tiw containing:

Ver

Update to late P2, P3 call forms. FrankB 15:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

See also

• {{IPA}} — International Phonetic Alphabet.
• {{mufi}} — Forces a font which supports the MUFI characters.
• {{transl}} — generic romanization
• {{script}} — Scripts in Unicode navigation box
• {{Unicode navigation}} — General Unicode navigation box
• {{Table Unicode}} — General Unicode navigation box (deprecated)