VRR Special Characters:  HTML Output:

  1. For non-numeric special characters and characters with diacritics:
    Always use decimal equivalents.  [NB: CUL spec modified 6/2002 to prefer Decimal notation for all special characters and diacritics.]   Examples:

    Character
    Name
    HTML 4
    Entity Ref
    HTML 4 Display
    Decimal
    Notation
    Decimal
    Display
    En-dash – – –
    –
    Em-dash — — —
    —
    Left single quote ‘ ‘ ‘
    ‘
    Right single quote ’ ’ ’
    ’
    Left double quote “ “ “
    “
    Right double quote ” ” ”
    ”
    Ellipses [horizontal] … … …
    …
    Dagger † † †
    †
    Macron (spacing) ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯
    Breve (spacing)     ˘**
    ˘
    Square Root / radical √ √ √** √

    ** Note: Displayed as "?" in Netscape 4.x

    Entity statements for XSL:

    <!ENTITY ndash "&#150;">
    <!ENTITY mdash "&#151;">
    <!ENTITY lsquo "&#8216;">
    <!ENTITY rsquo "&#8217;">
    <!ENTITY ldquo "&#8220;">
    <!ENTITY rdquo "&#8221;">
    <!ENTITY hellip "&#8230;">
    <!ENTITY dagger "&#8224;">
    <!ENTITY macr "&#175;">
    <!ENTITY radic "&#8730;">

  2. For fractions using "/" representation, use standard arabic numerals. Examples:

          1/4, 1/2

    Do not use special character entitites:

          ¼ (&#188;)
          ½ (&#189;)
          etc.

  3. For verse metric notation using the "horizontal line above" for stressed and "breve" (small raised "u") for unstressed syllables, use the spacing Macron (&#175;) and spacing Breve (&#728) characters in decimal notation.  Examples:

         ˘˘¯,     [&#728;&#728;&#175;, ]                 -- "enoplion (or battle) meter"

         ˘˘˘/¯      [&#728;&#728;&#728;/&#175;]   -- "the paeon (with foot divided 3/2)"

    ** NB: "Breve" displayed as "?" in Netscape 4.x; use MS Internet Explorer to view.

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