Re: Superscript asterisk

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Wed Jun 30 1999 - 13:28:09 EDT


>
> What about U+2208 "ELEMENT OF" and U+220A "SMALL ELEMENT OF"?
> Two gliphs differenciated only in their stylus (particularly,
> their size) but two separated characters!
>

This distinction is the result of mappings to pre-existing distinctions
in mathematics. The name of U+220A is misleading, but the
functions are now clear:

U+2208 ELEMENT OF is the ordinary math set relation

U+220A SMALL ELEMENT OF is actually the math character know as the
   straight epsilon. It is more properly conceived of as a symbolic
   variant of the epsilon, rather than one of the cup-shaped set
   relations. The glyph is being corrected in Unicode 3.0 and a
   clarifying note has been added to the text.

--Ken Whistler



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