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==Usage==

The template looks for letter font families that are broadly supporting incurrent characters (symbols, characters). Input can be decimal like <tt>&amp;#123;</tt> or hexadecimal <tt>&amp;#A9xA9:</tt>. E.g. (mind the 'x' for hex values):

* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&amp;#x22CA;}}</nowiki>}} --> {{unicode|&#x22CA;}}

* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&amp;#8906;}}</nowiki>}} --> {{unicode|&#8906;}}

* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&#8906;}}</nowiki>}} --> {{unicode|&#8906;}} (seemsthis may look trivial, but could helpbe helpful in other browsers)

or

* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&amp;#x22C9;}}</nowiki>}} --> {{unicode|&#x22C9;}}

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==Purpose==

This template wasis created to allow easy switching to [[unicode font]]s. 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 [[Mapping of Unicode characters|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 {{tl|IPA}}.

*forFor various non-Latin scripts, use {{tl|lang}} if possible, or {{tl|script}} otherwise.

*forFor [[MUFI]] encoding (non-Unicode), use {{tl|mufi}}.

==Guts of template==