Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:11:43 -0400
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: My fanac
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>twhite8 at cox.net 10/20/03 11:25PM
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
>To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
>Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:31 PM
>Subject: [WSFA] Re: My fanac
>
>> "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu> wrote:
>>
>> > The book is ˇLimekiller! by Avram Davidson.
>>
>> "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Note that the equal sign and A1 is intended to look like an upside
>> > down exclamation point.  Is there anyone anywhere who sees it as =
such?
>> > Or are the authors of Michael's email program confused?  Thanks.
>>
>> "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I'm glad you pointed that out; I thought it an odd title.  The
>> > upside down exclamation point can easily be achieved: ˇ -- just =
hold
>> > down the "Alt" key and type in 0161.  When you release the "Alt" key
>> > the symbol appears.
>>
>> That depends on what software and hardware you're using.  It certainly
>> doesn't have that effect on my terminal.  I can type it in other ways.
>> But then so can Michael Walsh.  I'm sure he typed it correctly.  It
>> was his mailer program "GroupWise" which mangled it.  And I'll bet
>> that not one subscriber saw it as as "ˇ" rather than as "ˇ".
>
>I dunno what software you're using, Keith, but I'm sure it's not typical.
>Some years ago a friend who is a computer buff (as opposed to "nerd") =
sent
>me an email containing 118 typographical devices, ranging from diacritical=

>marks to the cent mark (=A2 = alt+0162) and a whole bunch of symbols =
(like
>=AE) -- all of which work in Plain Text in all the major email clients *
>along with their Alt+ codes.   I printed it out and keep it handy for =
just
>such occasions as this.
>
>Michael can of course tell us the code he tried to use to create ˇ.   =
(If
>it is alt+0161, we'll know exactly how it was "mangled.")  Of course we
>already know his email client doesn't mesh well with this list, producing
>all those line-ending "="s.

Well . . . I fear I'm not even up to "computer buff."  To create the =
upside down !, I copied it from an email that the book designer sent me, =
and pasted it into the message.

mjw