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Boxed Name by Eddie on 06-01-2006 at 12:59 PM
Hello, i have seen that on someones nickname before they have it all in a box, if u dont know what i mean visit http://spaces.msn.com/msgmix sorry for giving external link, , how do i go about doing that 
plz and ty 
RE: Boxed Name by RaceProUK on 06-01-2006 at 01:34 PM
It looks like the use of loads of hidden characters: a 'View Source' revealed it takes about 10 keypresses to go between letters in that title.
RE: Boxed Name by Eddie on 06-01-2006 at 01:49 PM
Oh yer i forgot about view source hehe k thanks ma friend
RE: Boxed Name by vaccination on 06-01-2006 at 01:58 PM
I remember doing it to my name in MSN messenger before, you have to use "special" characters and it does it...cant remember what those characters were though, sorry.
RE: Boxed Name by Matti on 06-01-2006 at 04:48 PM
That's real weird! It seems that putting (type this in a HTML page)
code:in front of a letter, makes it have a line on the bottom, and
̲
code:gives it a line on the top...
̅
Unicode characters are soo weird...
RE: Boxed Name by RaceProUK on 06-03-2006 at 08:59 PM
To get the full box effect, you need to use a combination of characters from the 'Combining Diacritical Marks' section of Unicode.
All numbers in hex:
Overmarks - use 0x0305.
Undermarks - use 0x0332.
And I guess the vertical bar is quite easy: | 