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== 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>&#123;</code>) or hexadecimal (e.g. <code>&#xA9;</code>), or by pasting it as plain text. Examples:

* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&#x22CA;}}</nowiki>}} → {{unicode|⋊}}
* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&#8906;}}</nowiki>}} → {{unicode|⋊}}
* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|⋊}}</nowiki>}} → {{unicode|⋊}}
or
* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&#x22C9;}}</nowiki>}} → {{unicode|⋉}}
* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|&#8905;}}</nowiki>}} → {{unicode|⋉}}
* {{code|<nowiki>{{unicode|⋉}}</nowiki>}} → {{unicode|⋉}}

== Purpose ==

This template was created to allow easy switching to [[Unicode font]]s. It helps some browsers in which characters which 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 [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] as follows:
<source lang="CSS">
.Unicode {
font-family: "Arial Unicode MS", "Lucida Sans Unicode";
}
</source>
Note it is defined ''only'' for Windows XP. It does so by targeting XP in JavaScript.

You can override this with your own <code>Unicode</code> class definition in your [[Help:User_style|personal stylesheet]] (e.g. <code>User:''username''/common.css</code>).

== 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 ==

* {{tl|IPA}} – To format symbols of the International Phonetic Alphabet
* {{tl|PUA}} – To mark characters from the Private Use Area that should be retained
* {{tl|transl}} – Generic [[romanization]]
* {{tl|script}} – Scripts in Unicode navigation box
* {{tl|UnicodeTitle}}
* {{tl|unichar}} – to format an [[Unicode]] character description

{{Unicode templates}}

<includeonly>
[[Category:MSIE font fix templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Unicode templates]]
</includeonly>

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