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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.



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