U+25CA LOZENGE - why is it in the "Mac OS Roman" character set (and therefore widespread in current fonts)?

From: Karl Pentzlin <karl-pentzlin_at_acssoft.de>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:37:30 +0200

Why is U+25CA ◊ LOZENGE in the "Mac OS Roman" character set (at 0xD7 = 215,
and therefore contained in several common fonts like Arial or Times
New Roman)?
Received on Mon Aug 13 2012 - 06:43:59 CDT

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