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Protein Crystallography Course |
The equations and variables in crystallography tend to make heavy use of Greek characters, which have not always been treated well in all Web browsers on all platforms. Originally, I used the symbol font, which (with some tricks) usually worked at the time, but the use of such font markup has been deprecated and has stopped working on a number of browsers. At the moment, I'm using the extended character set, e.g. "&pi" for π. For complicated equations, I'm generating them with Equation Editor in Word and converting to GIF files. Eventually I may switch to MATHML, as the technology develops.
Here's a quick test to see if your browser will display the extended characters:
π
Did that appear as a Greek "pi"? If it's a "pi", then you're fine. If not, you can try another browser. If you still have no luck, let me know, so at least I can keep track of where problems arise!
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Last updated: 6 April, 2009