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Off topic, but I’ve never seen the care-of symbol (℅) used in place of percent (%) before. I’m really curious how that could happen. On my keyboard I can type %
by robinhouston 10y ago
Off topic, but I’ve never seen the care-of symbol (℅) used in place of percent (%) before. I’m really curious how that could happen. On my keyboard I can type % as shift-5, but there’s no way to type ℅ without selecting it from a list of characters.
- kbuck 10y agoOn Android, the Google Keyboard has both symbols on the same screen[1], and it's difficult to visually differentiate them. When you see this particular typo, it's probably someone using the Google Keyboard on Android. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/56hwfd/psa_is_different_than_on_the_google_keyboard/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/56hwfd/psa_is_diff...
- mmastrac 10y agoThis is a problem on Android devices. The ℅ symbol is above the space bar when switching to the symbol keyboard. With the keyboard font as is, the two look very similar.
- sctb 10y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13507997 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13507997 and marked it off-topic.