On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Kevin Brown wrote: > I've just noticed that the "script l" character (U+2113) is one of only > two apparently mandatory characters (the other being "estimated" U+212E) > included in addition to the MacOS Roman character set in a collection of > recently released Linotype fonts. > > Is there any other common usage for U+2113 apart from as the liter/litre > symbol that would explain its apparently mandatory inclusion in these > fonts?
It is used as a mathematical symbol. It started to make the letter l visibly distinct from the digit 1 but has got its own life since than. > Also, does this symbol usually occur in only one style/weight, namely > italic regular? Or does it also appear in upright regular, upright bold, > and italic bold depending on the typographic context? I have never seen anything but italic regular in serious use, but TeX also has a bold italic regular version of it available and because it is easily availble someone will have found a clever use for it. --J"org Knappen
