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IIMarckus

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I’m '''[http://iimarck.us IIMarckus]'''. I do web design, some general programming, and have an interest in proper typography on the Web.
I’m '''[https://iimarckus.org/ IIMarckus]'''. I do reverse engineering and some programming, and have an unreasonable nostalgia for the Game Boy.
 
== Useful Unicode characters ==
Arial isn’t really the best font to display these in, because it doesn’t angle quotes. Oh well.
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;"
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! width=5em | Character || Name || Comments
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| align=center | ×
| U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN
| Used in mathematics and quantities. Example: 18× {{TCG|Grass Energy}}
|-
| align=center | é
| U+00E9 LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE
| Only here because it’s Bulbapedia.
|-
| align=center | ‐
| U+2010 HYPHEN
| Not the same as the “hyphen-minus” that’s on your keyboard, although that is generally an acceptable substitute.
|-
| align=center | –
| U+2013 EN DASH
| En dashes are used for ranges of numbers; e.g., 1990–1998.
|-
| align=center | —
| U+2014 EM DASH
| Em dashes denote parenthetical breaks in text.
|-
| align=center | ‘
| U+2018 LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
|
|-
| align=center | ’
| U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK
| This is the preferred character for apostrophes.
|-
| align=center | “
| U+201C LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
|
|-
| align=center | ”
| U+201D RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK
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|-
| align=center | …
| U+2026 HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS
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|-
| align=center | ′
| U+2032 PRIME
| Prime is used for (among other things) designating feet or minutes.
|-
| align=center | ″
| U+2033 DOUBLE PRIME
| Likewise, double prime is used to designate inches or seconds.
|-
| align=center | →
| U+2192 RIGHTWARDS ARROW
|
|-
| align=center | −
| U+2212 MINUS SIGN
| This should be used in mathematics; compare (2 + 3 - 5) to (2 + 3 − 5).
|-
| align=center | ♀
| U+2640 FEMALE SIGN
| Also known as the symbol of Venus. Denotes the female gender.
|-
| align=center | ♂
| U+2642 MALE SIGN
| Also known as the symbol of Mars. Denotes the male gender.
|-
| align=center | 〃
| U+3003 DITTO MARK
| What you use in tables to avoid repeating a table cell value.
|-
|}
 
== Userboxes ==
 
Are a fad and I refuse to display them here.


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