> I just not sure why they put in the "Angstrom symbol" to begin with. Frequently, the answer to this is "some obscure character set had this as a distinct sym

> I just not sure why they put in the "Angstrom symbol" to begin with. Frequently, the answer to this is "some obscure character set had this as a distinct symbol." In this case, blame the Japanese: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS_X_0208 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS_X_0208 Which is why there's an 'mm' and 'cm' and other random symbols: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block/U+3300 https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/block/U+3300