Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2016 July 24

= July 24 =

Identify this printing feature?
Look at this page scan from Wikisource, specifically the "B 2" in the footer. Another Wikisource user called this sort of thing a printing artifact which should not be transcribed. But what is it called and what purpose does it serve? BethNaught (talk) 12:06, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * It's a Signature mark. Nanonic (talk) 12:20, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The image on that page as it stands is really crap. Can we use the wikisource one instead? Muffled Pocketed  06:35, 28 July 2016 (UTC)

Wiki markup font
What font is MediaWiki markup in? ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 23:25, 24 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The literal answer to this question is "whatever font your text editor uses". The markup is what you see in the editing box when you click on "edit", not what it generates.  The font you see will depend on your stylesheet - for Monobook and Vector, it's Courier 13 point.  See Wiki markup, WP:CSS, WP:MARKUP and WP:TYPE.  However, I don't think that this answer is what you're looking for. Tevildo (talk) 01:02, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I actually was looking for the font of the source code itself. Thanks! ThePlatypusofDoom (talk) 01:38, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * As Tevildo says, it's not in any font. I suggest you read the introduction to our article on plain text.--Shantavira|feed me 06:08, 25 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Right, but, if you're talking about using a MediaWiki site in a browser, the browser will use a font to display the page source, following the stylesheets if possible. What Tevildo probably meant to ask was, "What is the default font for the MediaWiki edit window?" --71.110.8.102 (talk) 13:48, 25 July 2016 (UTC)