Really its typography and really should be noticed by designers.
Rich Punctuation: How To Do It And Why You Should Bother
http://www.sitepoint.com/print/typographic-punctuation-web
The Definitive Guide to Web Character Encoding
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/guide-web-character-encoding/
This is my favourite, good reference to keep, expecially for macs. Helped me find degree symbols and also fancy quotes, copyright symbol etc etc.
Special characters not on keyboards
http://68kmla.net/wiki/List_of_keyboard_shortcuts
Friday, July 25, 2008
Roundup of Links about Charater Encoding and Special Characters and Punctuation
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