Re: superscript decimal character

From: Michael D'Errico (mike-list@pobox.com)
Date: Sat Oct 17 2009 - 13:17:08 CDT

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    Perhaps you can use a normal middle dot character (U+00B7), which might
    be elevated enough to look like a superscript decimal point in the
    context you're using it.

    Mike

    Adam Bruss wrote:
    > I'm doing this in a Windows Forms Datagridview control. The cells in
    > this control display in basic text. It's for showing a list of variables
    > and their expressions.
    >
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    > *From:* Michael D'Errico [mailto:mike-list@pobox.com]
    > *Sent:* Sat 10/17/2009 10:28 AM
    > *To:* Adam Bruss
    > *Subject:* Re: superscript decimal character
    >
    > There is no superscript decimal point in Unicode 5.0. To find all of
    > the superscript characters, you can search for "<super>" in the file
    > UnicodeData.txt.
    >
    > The preferred way to do what you want is to use HTML, such as:
    >
    > x<sup>0.5</sup>
    >
    > or possibly using CSS.
    >
    >
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    >
    >
    > Adam Bruss wrote:
    > > Hello and thanks for unicode,
    > >
    > > Is there a superscript decimal point character for showing fractional
    > > exponents as real numbers?
    > >
    > > For example I'd like to show 0.5 all in superscript. I know how to get
    > > the 0 and 5 superscripted but not the decimal point.
    > >
    > > Thanks,
    > >
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