When Cond Nast announced last night that it bought Wired News, the press acted like Wired was rescuing a desperate crew of disaster survivors.
Not Just 6 Lines, 65 Characters
If you’ve placed advertising in an ezine, you’ve no doubt been advised by the publisher of his or her advertising guidelines. Typically these guidelines go something like this: “Six lines, 65 characters per line plus URL/email. No adult, hate,race.”
Special Characters
In working with graphics and text on a daily basis, I have found a couple of neat special characters that are hidden in most character sets (or fonts). Most of these are common characters, they’re just called by escape sequences (for HTML), or ALT-1234, 1234 being the distinquishing factor. Below is a list of useful characters and how to make them.