[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #10031: Rendering problem with larr/rarr entities

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#10031: Rendering problem with larr/rarr entities
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 Reporter:  Denis-de-Bernardy  |       Owner:     
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  2.9
Component:  Administration     |     Version:  2.8
 Severity:  minor              |    Keywords:     
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Changes (by Elpie):

 * cc: Elpie (added)


Comment:

 It's a font rendering bug. IE8 has a couple as well (cannot render some
 glyphs in certain fonts. • is one that comes to mind).

 The problem with using laquo/raquo is that these are quotation marks,
 telling screen reader users that the content inside is a quotation. They
 get read  « as "left double  angle quote" and » as "right double angle
 quote" (some assistive devices even spit out "left-pointing double angle
 quotation mark") which is a whole lot of mess when they are incorrectly
 used to create a pretty visual display.

 Far better (IMO) to leave WP alone and hope the browser bugs are sorted
 quickly.

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