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'''''This template no longer performs any function. It is retained solely to avoid breaking historic versions of articles.'''''

== Usage ==

In its basic version, this template sets the font for its argument to one which is likely to support special symbols. The argument is specified using [[Html_characters#HTML_character_references|HTML character encoding]], either in decimal (e.g. <code>&amp;#123;</code>) or hexadecimal (e.g. <code>&amp;#xA9;</code>), or by pasting it as plain text. Examples:

* The math symbol termed "LEFT NORMAL FACTOR SEMIDIRECT PRODUCT"

** {{#invoke:DemoTemplate|unicode|&#x22CA;}}

** {{#invoke:DemoTemplate|unicode|&#8906;}}

** {{#invoke:DemoTemplate|unicode|⋊}}

* The math symbol termed "'''RIGHT''' NORMAL FACTOR SEMIDIRECT PRODUCT"

** {{#invoke:DemoTemplate|unicode|&#x22C9;}}

** {{#invoke:DemoTemplate|unicode|&#8905;}}

** {{#invoke:DemoTemplate|unicode|⋉}}

== Purpose ==

This template was created to allow easy switching to [[Unicode font]]s. It helps some browsers in which characters do not render correctly, such as [[Microsoft]] [[Internet Explorer]] on [[Windows XP]].

The fonts selected are designed to maximize the probability of rendering uncommon [[Unicode]] characters correctly. However, different fonts cover different [[Unicode range]]s. 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}}.

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

== Internals ==

The source for the template is:

<source lang="XML">

<span class="Unicode">{{{1}}}</span>

</source>

and <code>class="Unicode"</code> is defined in [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] at [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] as follows (but {{em|only}} for Windows XP, by targeting XP in JavaScript):

<source lang="CSS">

.Unicode {

font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode";

}

</source>

You can override this with your own <code>Unicode</code> class definition in your [[Help:User style|personal stylesheet]] (i.e., [[Special:MyPage/common.css]]).

== Template data ==

{{TemplateDataHeader}}

<templatedata>

{

"description": "This template is used to set the font so that Unicode symbols are more likely to work.",

"params": {

"1": {

"label": "Symbol",

"type": "string",

"description": "The code, either in decimal, hexadecimal, or symbol form."

}

}

}

</templatedata>

== See also ==

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[[Category:MSIE font fix templates]]

[[Category:Unicode templates]]

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