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

From: Michael Everson <everson_at_evertype.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:24:04 +0100

On 13 Aug 2012, at 12:37, Karl Pentzlin wrote:

> 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)?

Because they put it there in 1984.

Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/
Received on Mon Aug 13 2012 - 07:26:11 CDT

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