Date   : Mon, 28 Dec 1998 09:59:19 GMT
From   : hick@... (gARetH baBB)
Subject: Re: what font best to use with email

In message <26.199812280349.DAA17938@...>,
          rick_galbraith@... ("Rick Galbraith") wrote:

> my files from the BBC, and pound symbols will come out as a leading single
> quote! Ah, the joys of the ASCII "standard."

The ASCII standard is only 7 bits and doesn't include the pound sign (as you
would probably expect from an American standard), so Acron used a variant.

How to get round 8 bit characters in email/news: don't use them.