[thelist] CSS: characters as list item markers?

[Jackson Yee]

"Peekstok, Anna" <Anna.Peekstok at METROKC.GOV> wrote in message
news:0A783574FBD0D311B3B000805FE672931637DDEE at kcmail1.metrokc.gov...
> I'd like to set up an unordered list that would use a double carat
character
> (similar to >>) as the list item marker. Is this possible with CSS?
>
> The character I'm looking for is called by the ISO code &#187; ... ideally
> I'd like to set up the list so this character is enlarged to 125% and used
> as the "bullet" for each item in the list.

In browsers which fully support CSS-2 (insert laughing in background here),
you could use display: marker with content: &#187;.  However, for total
compatibility, I'd still use list-style-image and a small PNG instead.

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Regards,
Jackson Yee
jyee at vt.edu