RE: U+23D0 VERTICAL LINE EXTENSION

From: Alan Wood (alan.wood@context.co.uk)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 04:06:52 EDT

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    Thanks to Jim and Ken for their replies.

    I think this leaves only one character in the old Symbol font that does not
    have a Unicode equivalent:

    RADICAL EXTENDER (decimal 96 in the Windows version)

    Or does anyone know where it can be found in Unicode?

    Thank you

    Alan Wood

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Kenneth Whistler [mailto:kenw@sybase.com]
    > Sent: 23 July 2003 21:38
    > To: jallan@smrtytrek.com
    > Cc: unicode@unicode.org; kenw@sybase.com
    > Subject: Re: U+23D0 VERTICAL LINE EXTENSION
    >
    > Jim Allan answered Alan Wood's question:
    >
    > > Alan Wood posted on U+23D0 VERTICAL LINE EXTENSION:
    > >
    > > > Is it intended as a Unicode replacement for Vertical
    > arrow extender in
    > > > Symbol font?
    > >
    > > Yes.
    > >
    > > See http://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC2/WG2/docs/n2508.htm for the
    > proposal.
    > >
    > > The Unicode manual should probably indicate this use as a note as a
    > > service to creators of fonts.
    >
    > It does:
    >
    > http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf
    >
    > 23D0 | VERTICAL LINE EXTENSION
    > * used for extension of arrows
    > -> 23AF - horizontal line extension
    >
    > --Ken

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