At 07:33 -0700 04/12/2001, Tom Gewecke wrote:
>I believe there is also a (medical) s-overbar abbreviation for "without" >(latin sin, no doubt) and an ss-overbar abbreviation for "one-half." >Presumably these are only used in handwriting by specially trained people. The first would be "sine" 'without'. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com