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Title: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: grue on July 06, 2012, 09:44:23 PM I'm making a post one day and I see this button: http://i.minus.com/i4pPf05S5CvHV.png
So I decided it use it. What I expected: https://bitcointalk.org/Themes/custom1/images/bbc/BTC.gif50 What I got: BTC50 Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: theymos on July 06, 2012, 10:17:17 PM So you got almost exactly what you expected? :)
https://i.imgur.com/zz1Rs.gif (Probably your browser doesn't support custom fonts.) Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: myrkul on July 06, 2012, 10:45:26 PM So you got almost exactly what you expected? :) https://i.imgur.com/zz1Rs.gif (Probably your browser doesn't support custom fonts.) Also, I noticed that not all themes support the BTC. some show the image, some show BTC. The BlackBox theme, for instance, does not. Main reason Edit: WAS using that one. BlackBox works great now. Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: rjk on July 07, 2012, 01:10:42 AM I would probably use Blackbox if it would float to the width of my screen instead of leaving copious amounts of space on either side.
Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: grue on July 07, 2012, 01:40:28 AM So you got almost exactly what you expected? :) With Firefox 13.0.1:https://i.imgur.com/zz1Rs.gif (Probably your browser doesn't support custom fonts.) http://i.minus.com/ibkOqiUyDd011p.png Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: myrkul on July 07, 2012, 01:51:20 AM So you got almost exactly what you expected? :) With Firefox 13.0.1:https://i.imgur.com/zz1Rs.gif (Probably your browser doesn't support custom fonts.) http://i.minus.com/ibkOqiUyDd011p.png With Firefox 13.0.1 on Linux: (BlackBox theme) https://dl.dropbox.com/u/146411/screenie.png Do you have the setting "allow websites to choose their own fonts" set? (Preferences>Content>Fonts & Colors>Advanced) Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: grue on July 07, 2012, 03:02:45 PM Oh silly me, noscript was blocking the custom font. :-[
Thanks, all working now. Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: myrkul on July 07, 2012, 07:34:08 PM Oh silly me, noscript was blocking the custom font. :-[ Thanks, all working now. D'oh! Don't feel bad, I've done the same thing many times over. Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: Mike Hearn on July 11, 2012, 09:03:01 AM Rather than rely on a custom font, why not just re-use a symbol from Unicode: Ⓑ
It has the advantage that everyone has it already, and you can easily configure Mac/Linux to make it typable without the button. Having the forum-specific button is fantastic, but being able to use the same symbol outside the forum easily seems like a major advantage. Also the ⓑ or Ⓑ symbols don't look excessively bold. Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: Maged on July 11, 2012, 09:13:54 AM This thing is that those other characters already have another use.
Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: Mike Hearn on July 11, 2012, 03:33:42 PM What is Ⓑ used for? I never see it outside of unicode tables and cute facebook names.
Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: elena.m on July 30, 2012, 04:47:19 AM The "฿" symbol seems the most common. It's used for the Thai bhat (currently valued around USą3), but a ton of currencies use "$", and who uses bhats anyway? "BTC" stands out too much from the rest of the text, and doesn't copypaste well.
Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: Matthew N. Wright on August 06, 2012, 12:30:14 AM Hi guys. Just wanted to chime in here that we have an article in the Bitcoin Magazine now (issue #2) that will also be on the website shortly, describing the benefits of moving from the unstandard, image-based BTC and the national Baht currency symbol to Ƀ (ALT+0579).
It is being discussed briefly here as well https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=93948 and a list of current supporters is here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ajtx05YrHtIydEFmWVVWQWpuYmwybExZY1A1d3Y0Z3c#gid=0 Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: Mike Hearn on August 07, 2012, 04:11:03 PM That's kind of a weird symbol. If you're gonna push for a new symbol and really get this organized (I move of which I approve entirely), why not pick one that is still unique but doesn't look visually glitched, especially at small sizes? Eg ⓑ or Ⓑ ? There are already instructions on the wiki for how to set up some operating systems for easy typing.
Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: dree12 on August 07, 2012, 07:28:35 PM The "image based" BTC can be emulated by using combining characters: B⃦.
Code: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B + COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE OVERLAY The symbol: $ is often universally used to represent money, even when a dollar or peso is not the official currency. For example: earning $. B$ to represent Bitcoin money can also be used as an alternative. Title: Re: the [btc] macro is retarded Post by: elena.m on August 09, 2012, 07:06:10 AM The "image based" BTC can be emulated by using combining characters: B⃦. Code: LATIN CAPITAL LETTER B + COMBINING DOUBLE VERTICAL STROKE OVERLAY The symbol: $ is often universally used to represent money, even when a dollar or peso is not the official currency. For example: earning $. B$ to represent Bitcoin money can also be used as an alternative. Technically, '€' is the "other" currency sigil. While "B$" has the advantage that is 7-bit ASCII, it has the disadvantage that it is, quite literally, "bullshit". |
