The character U+2139 INFORMATION SOURCE is described as the "fat i"
that is frequently used to indicate helpful information. It is
described as "intended to used with U+20DD COMBINING ENCLOSING
CIRCLE". However, this is not really the common form of this symbol
at all. The circle usually used with the "fat i" is pretty much
universally a *solid* circle background; if rendered in monochrome it
is usually presented in inverse colors (white on a black circle if the
print is black on white.) It seems that interpreting U+2139 U+220D as
a solid-circle-enclosed "fat i" would be stretching the meaning of
U+220D by quite a bit. Anyone know the rationale for this, or was it
just a bad idea?
-hpa
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