<![CDATA[TIL I have apparently been using the “wrong” degrees symbol º (Option 0) instead of ° (Shift Option 8)]]>TIL I have apparently been using the “wrong” degrees symbol º (Option 0) instead of ° (Shift Option 8)

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/topic/ed4a2758-965b-4dd8-bf12-e1f6f48f65b3/til-i-have-apparently-been-using-the-wrong-degrees-symbol-º-option-0-instead-of-shift-option-8RSS for NodeThu, 07 May 2026 20:20:38 GMTWed, 06 May 2026 23:52:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to TIL I have apparently been using the “wrong” degrees symbol º (Option 0) instead of ° (Shift Option 8) on Thu, 07 May 2026 00:55:46 GMT]]>@david @uep @futzle

See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal_indicator

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.cisti.org/users/GustavinoBevilacqua/statuses/116530567339009108https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://mastodon.cisti.org/users/GustavinoBevilacqua/statuses/116530567339009108Thu, 07 May 2026 00:55:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL I have apparently been using the “wrong” degrees symbol º (Option 0) instead of ° (Shift Option 8) on Thu, 07 May 2026 00:34:46 GMT]]>@uep @futzle There doesn’t seem to be a keyboard shortcut (on Mac) for the unicode symbol (U+2103) ℃

Although I’m happy to be proven wrong.

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://theblower.au/users/david/statuses/116530484791615405https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://theblower.au/users/david/statuses/116530484791615405Thu, 07 May 2026 00:34:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL I have apparently been using the “wrong” degrees symbol º (Option 0) instead of ° (Shift Option 8) on Thu, 07 May 2026 00:19:35 GMT]]>@futzle @david

I have been lucky, [compose] o o does the right thing.

One can, of course, be more explicit: ℃, or even ℉ when under duress

wrt font, well, this one (b612) seemingly gets it right at least.

]]>https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/uep/statuses/116530425091141748https://bbs.spacc.eu.org/new/post/https://timeloop.cafe/users/uep/statuses/116530425091141748Thu, 07 May 2026 00:19:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to TIL I have apparently been using the “wrong” degrees symbol º (Option 0) instead of ° (Shift Option 8) on Thu, 07 May 2026 00:07:31 GMT]]>@david Aaaw crap, me too. The heck is that font doing, not putting a little line under the ordinal symbol? I feel like such a fool.

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