At 09:12 AM 5/11/00 +0100, J%ORG KNAPPEN wrote:
>>there is legitimate use of Ohm instead of Omega: In continental european
>>typography, uppercase greek math letters are set in italics by default,
>>while units of measurement *must* be typeset upright. Anglo-american
>>typography usually sets capital greek math upright -- with lowercase italics.
I guess Europeans should use the new italicized mathematical omega symbol
that's going into the SMP.
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