Hi James,
I appreciate the research, and the humor! 2 pis = peace, eh?
(not on the unicode list! :-) but I like that especially since
the issue of a name has been problematic. e to the i peace =1
circumference = peace times r, integral from zero to peace,
period = peace over frequency, has a nice ring to it!
Peace,
Bob
On Sat, 19 Jan 2002, James Kass wrote:
> Couldn't find such a glyph, but there are some that are vaguely
> similar:
>
> U+29B7 CIRCLED PARALLEL
> U+238B BROKEN CIRCLE WITH NORTHWEST ARROW
> U+229D CIRCLED DASH
>
> And, with a note of mild humor, possibly the PEACE SIGN at U+262E
> might serve? It doesn't seem to be used much these days. With the
> vagaries of English plurals, perhaps peace is the proper plural for pi...
>
> Best regards,
>
> James Kass,
>
> P.S. - With so-called "smart" fonts, which are really just OpenType fonts,
> a string such as the digit two followed by the Greek pi could be replaced
> in the display with a special glyph for 2pi or "newpi". This would not
> alter the original file, it only impacts the display. The procedure is
> called "glyph substitution" and support for OpenType is growing.
>
>
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