Subject: Re: Style on "@" From: auerweck@Clark.net (Steve Auerweck) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 10:55:07 -0500

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Johathan Oatis wrote:
>At the risk of asking an old question, I'm wondering what your newspapers'
>style is on the "@" sign. At Reuters, some of us use "(at)" with an
>editor's note so papers that can't print it or have terminals that can't
>handle the symbol can work with the copy. In another case, at least one of
>us just types "at" without an explanatory note. Or should we just use "@"? 

The important thing here is that the ANPA wire service character set 
does not include an @.  Instead, that position in the ASCII chart is 
occupied by "Lower Rail."  So wire services should use "(at)", and let 
the receivers translate it as they will.
---Steve Auerweck
   System Editor
   The Baltimore Sun


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