On 13 Aug 2012, at 18:09, Andreas Prilop wrote: > On Mon, 13 Aug 2012, Karl Pentzlin wrote: > >> The problem I am confronted with is that this character shares >> its German name "Raute" with the "#" > > I learnt in 7th grade what “Raute” means. > “#” is not a Raute. > The center field of “#” is called Raute or Rhombus.
The German WP mentions that in the context of the now discontinued Bildschirmtext, it was called "Raute": https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppelkreuz_(Satzzeichen) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bildschirmtext But otherwise, "Raute" is the same as English "lozenge": https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raute_(Symbol) Hans
