Re: extended characters

>
>a technical question
>
>i'm trying to figure out if it is possible to include extended ascii
>characters in a web page (as they are included in the attached table
>ascii2.gif - particularily #176, 240, 254 and 255)

The problem is that the extended characters depend from the font. The
table shows the 'ASCII IBM extended character set' which is used in DOS.

>the convention
> <   &#---;   >

... isn't needed

>which works to call characters from the standard ascii table, does not
>work for the extended table, instead you end up with IS0 entities
>(accented characters etc.)

You need a font tag which tells the browser that it should use a font
which supports this extended characters. The problem is that Windows
didn't have such a font. Alternative you can use a web font or let the
user download the font. If you have a IE 4.x (5) browser you can see
some samples at:

http://studenten.freepage.de/meph/ascii/other/ansi/ansi2html.htm

(The same system works with Netscape, if you found a TrueType font which
supports the extended IBM char.set.)

>i'm trying to access the characters that appear in DOS when you hold the
><alt> key and type a 3 digit reference number on the number pad

In DOS you have a standard font, but in Windows it depends from the
actual font.

>if anybody knows how or whether this is possible in a web environment,
>please let me know

If you found a free True Type font, it is possible to convert it to a web
font, which is automatic (temp.) installed from the browser. The problems
are: to found such a font, Netscape & Microsoft fonts are incompatible,
you need min. 2 programs to do the conversion, ...
I have given it up :(

Meph.

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