Actually, you are mistaken.
The decision to encode the Angstrom sign had more to do with the fact that
it ws encoded in many legacy encoding sets. There is no specific rule that
every unit sign must also be encoded. If you can use Unicode to properly
store and render what you need, then there is no lack that would require new
characters.
MichKa
Michael Kaplan
Trigeminal Software, Inc.
http://www.trigeminal.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stefan Persson" <alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 8:59 AM
Subject: What code point is assigned for the Newton unit?
> Hi!
>
> I recently noticed, that the Unicode does difference between the Swedish
> capital letter "Å" (U+00C5; Å) and the Ångström sign (U+212B; Å). So it
> seems that every unit sign has got it's own code point, while the Latin
> letters with exactly identical shape to those have other code points. For
> example, the CJK Compatibility block contains some unit signs (in
katakana):
>
> ㌂: anpea/Ampère
> ㌕: kiroguramu/kilogram
> etc.
>
> So, can someone tell me the code points for the Newton unit sign (which
> looks exactly like an "N")? And can someone tell me why it's necessary to
do
> this difference?
>
> "Ångström" is spelled wrong on the code charts at Unicode's home page,
BTW.
>
> Stefan
>
>
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