[bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested

  • From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:46:46 -0700

Hi Kim, 

If you want the ASCII code itself the proper numerical code for what is
referred to as the "lowercase A-tilde" is:


 &#227;


You are unlikely to encounter a Capital A-tilde in Portuguese but it is:

&#195;

If you encounter items like the C-cedila or the Circumflex O I can help.

There is also an ASCII resource here:

http://webdesign.about.com/library/bl_htmlcodes.htm

Good luck with the book, or should we say in Portuguese, "Boa sorte com o
livro."

Scott Rains

On 8/29/11 1:13 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Hi, I'm proofreading a science fiction book. I'm reading the second
>story in the anthology. Part of the story takes place in Brazil. There's
>a discussion of Sao Paulo. The advice I need is how to put in the
>correct accent mark for the A in Sao Paulo (Paulo doesn't use an accent
>mark. I know how to write it in Braille, but I don't know which ASCII
>character to use for the A in Sao. Please write me back as I wish this
>to look right. Many thanks for the help. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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