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Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN)
From: |
Gavin Smith |
Subject: |
Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN) |
Date: |
Sat, 12 Nov 2022 10:48:03 +0000 |
On Sat, Nov 12, 2022 at 05:45:22AM +0000, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>
> > A fixed width degree sign can be got with a little difficulty. It's
> > only worth doing this if somebody is actually using degree signs in
> > a fixed width context - I don't have much interest in fixing this
> > for all of the character definitions.
> >
> > Please test the patch at the end of this mail. [...]
>
> Thanks, looks good. However, I think a better solution is below,
> which retains U+00B0 for copy and paste.
>
This uses the European Computer Modern fonts, which normally we have
only used when necessary. Hence, this would have a chance (probably
small) of breaking for a document with a degree sign on a system where
these fonts aren't available.
Since there appears to be an acceptable alternative using \circ, I think
it is better to keep on using \circ.
- better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/11
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Gavin Smith, 2022/11/11
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/12
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN),
Gavin Smith <=
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/12
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Gavin Smith, 2022/11/12
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/12
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Gavin Smith, 2022/11/12
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/13
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/13
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Gavin Smith, 2022/11/13
- Re: better glyph for U+00B0 (DEGREE SIGN), Werner LEMBERG, 2022/11/13