- Strikethrough
Strikethrough (also called strikeout) is a
typographical presentation of words with a horizontal line through the center of them.Here is an example.It signifies one of two meanings. In ink-written, typewritten, or other non-erasable text, the words are a mistake and not meant for inclusion. When used on a computer screen, however, it indicates recently-deleted information. (The difference is that in the latter situation, the struck-through text previously "was" a legitimate part of the document.) It can also be used for humorous purposes, such as something that normally shouldn't be shown is shown anyway, but with the strikethrough put on, rather than the text being deleted. For example: Jimbo Wales is a
losergenius.Computer Methods
The HTML special inline element for strikethrough is
BB Code for it is also [s] .Using cascading style sheets (css) it would be
ABCDEF The
Unicode combining diacritic "long stroke overlay" (U+0336)results in an unbroken stroke across the text, unicode|A̶B̶C̶D̶E̶F̶G̶H̶I̶while "short stroke overlay" (U+0335) results in individually struck out characters, unicode|A̵B̵C̵D̵E̵F̵G̵H̵I̵Similarly, "short solidus overlay" (U+0337) results in diagonally struck out letters, unicode|A̷B̷C̷D̷E̷F̷G̷H̷I̷Precombined "struck through" characters in Unicode include
ƀ , Đđ, Ǥǥ, Ħħ, Ɨɨ, Ɉɉ, Łł, Ɵɵ,Ŧ ,ʉ , Ƶƶ,ƻ ,ʡ ,ʢ , Ғғ, Ҟҟ, Ұұ, Ҍҍ, ⊄, ⊅,∉ .Previous uses
In medieval manuscripts, "strikethrough" of text with red ink often functions as
highlighting (e.g.Domesday Book , c.f. [http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/focuson/domesday/take-a-closer-look/ this image] )References
ee also
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Bar (diacritic)
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