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OpenType Unicode fonts for Scientific, Technical, and Mathematical texts
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`\sun` default to `\odot` #267

Closed Firestar-Reimu closed 2 months ago

Firestar-Reimu commented 6 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_symbols

standard astronomical symbol (used on every textbook and article on astronomy) is U+2609, which look like \odot (and many astronomers simply use \odot to express the sun)

but stix2 use "white sun with rays" to match \sun

Enivex commented 6 months ago

This mapping has nothing to do with the font itself, but unicode-math

As you can see from the symbol list, \sun maps to U+263C (White Sun with Rays)

The astronomical symbol U+2609 is \astrosun, which is presumably what astronomers want to use with fonts that support it.

Enivex commented 2 months ago

@tiroj I think this issue can be closed?