High-end punctuation (was RE: mdash)

>	Chris wrote:
>> On another subject has anyone had any bright ideas about
>> what to do with mdashes -- one site I've been helping with
>> has been using two regular dashes, like this: -- and I've
>> been using — on another site. However I've now realized
>> that while — works OK it's not in the ISO character
>> set. And what is concerning me more is how speech
>> synthesizers would deal with this, anyone got any ideas?

David Pawson wrote:

>	The quick and dirty is to avoid using them - there are
>alternatives.

This is true, but as a writer and editor, I would rather not have to edit
work around not being able to use punctuation that is appropriate to the
content I am producing for the web site.

I've been lurking for a week or so on this list, and unless I missed it,
there hasn't been any mention of rewarding sites that do conform to WAI
standards -- only ways to fix "bad" sites.  Perhaps the carrot approach of
letting appropriate sites display a "WAI-compliant" logo would encourage
more content providers to ensure their sites are friendlier.  Thoughts?

Linda

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