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The "∅" symbol is always drawn as a slashed circle, whereas in most typefaces the letter "Ø" is a slashed ellipse. The diameter symbol ( ⌀ ) (Unicode character U+2300) is similar to the lowercase letter ø, and in some typefaces it even uses the same glyph , although in many others the glyphs are subtly distinguishable (normally, the ...
[a] This means that the slashed zero glyph is displayed for U+0030 only—and then always—when a font whose designer chose the option is active. Successful display on a particular local system depends on making sure that such a font is available there, either via the system's font files or via font embedding, and also ensuring it is selected.
The slash is a slanting line punctuation mark /.It is also known as a stroke, a solidus, a forward slash and several other historical or technical names.Once used to mark periods and commas, the slash is now used to represent division and fractions, exclusive 'or' and inclusive 'or', and as a date separator.
[5] [a] User-end support was quite poor for a number of years, but fonts, browsers, [b] word processors, [c] desktop publishing software [d] and others increasingly support the intended Unicode behavior. A selection of supporting fonts is displayed in the table below.
Box-drawing characters, also known as line-drawing characters, are a form of semigraphics widely used in text user interfaces to draw various geometric frames and boxes. These characters are characterized by being designed to be connected horizontally and/or vertically with adjacent characters, which requires proper alignment.
2 Control-D has been used to signal "end of file" for text typed in at the terminal on Unix / Linux systems. Windows, DOS, and older minicomputers used Control-Z for this purpose. 3 Control-G is an artifact of the days when teletypes were in use. Important messages could be signalled by striking the bell on the teletype.
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Align text flush with right margin eq # Equalize spacing: ls: Letterspace: Adjust letterspacing: ital: Italics: Put in italics rom: Roman: Put in Roman (non-italic) font bf: Boldface: Put in boldface lc: Lower case: Put text in lower case caps: Capitalize: Put text in capital case sc: Small caps: Put text in small caps wf: Wrong font: Put text ...