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One can argue that its more a typographic issue than a font issue. The author probably did see a "pi", but should have been using an embedded font, or even bet
by markild 11y ago
One can argue that its more a typographic issue than a font issue.
The author probably did see a "pi", but should have been using an embedded font, or even better, the unicode "GREEK SMALL LETTER PI", π.
- jerf 11y agoMy only problem with the Unicode GREEK SMALL LETTER PI is that it consistently renders on the systems I've used as a square with the bottom portion cut off. This must be intentional, because I just zoomed in to this page to an absurd degree and it consistently renders that way even at 36+ pts. It makes sense to me that in day-to-day life with real Greek the simpler rendering is superior, it doesn't match the traditional mathematical rendering very well.
- witty_username 11y agoPi only seems to render like a square on certain fonts.
- jerf 11y agoWhich is why I've qualified my statement, on account of it only being the case sometimes.
- markild 11y agoIf you go to this[1] page and click "View All", you'll see that it's "Verdana" or "Tahoma", two pretty common web fonts, that are likely to be the culprit. [1]: http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/03c0/fontsupport.htm http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/03c0/fontsuppor...
- robinhouston 11y agoThere is always U+1D70B MATHEMATICAL ITALIC SMALL PI, but it isn’t available in very many fonts.
- jerf 11y agoUnicode: The solution to, and the cause of, all life's font problems.