Re: Double-struck italic E for mathematics?

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Fri Mar 22 2002 - 14:10:28 EST


Doug Ewell answered Stefan Persson:

> Stefan Persson <alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se> wrote:
>
> > Is there any double-struck italic E available for
> > usage in mathematical formula?
>
> No. DOUBLE-STRUCK doesn't seem to be a style that combines with any
> other style. ITALIC, on the other hand, combines with BOLD and/or
> SANS-SERIF.

Actually, if Stefan is asking about what I think he is, there
is a small set of double-struck italic letterlike symbols added
to Unicode 3.2, to match certain publishing usage that highlights
a few common math symbols this way. The letter in question is:

U+2147 DOUBLE-STRUCK ITALIC SMALL E

--Ken



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