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Symbols don't show up as symbols

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  • i mujjee tontu mooy cor-el

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The square root character, pi, summation all show up as correct symbols in IE8 but not Firefox 3.6.9

The square root character, pi, summation all show up as correct symbols in IE8 but not Firefox 3.6.9

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The symbol font doesn't work in Firefox. Websites need to use Unicode representation of such symbols and not 8 bit fonts that map on the main ASCII set like the symbol font.

See Why aren’t symbol/dingbat fonts working? - MDC FAQ

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_symbols

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Thanks cor-el.

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You're welcome