Correct, but this is actually the symbol being used in German typography where available. Otherwise "oo" is being used as this genealogical symbol.
See http://www.genealogienetz.de/reg/BRG/neumark/unicode2.htm (sic!) Reinhard G. Handwerker, Sr. i18n Engineer tel: +1 404 236 3092 Internet Security Systems, Inc, +1 404 236 2600 6303 Barfield Rd, Atlanta, GA 30328, U.S.A. Go [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISS: The Power To Protect -----Original Message----- From: Michael Everson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 13:07 To: Markus Scherer Cc: unicode Subject: Re: symbols for `born' and `died' At 09:18 -0800 2003-02-24, Markus Scherer wrote: >Werner LEMBERG wrote: >>... Similarly, the year of marriage is >>depicted as two intertwined circles. How will this be represented in >>Unicode? Are there characters for it? > >For the marriage symbol, U+221E INFINITY should work fine - and >quite appropriately. The infinity symbol is not two intelocked rings; it is a single loop. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
