On Thu, 5 Jan 2017 at 06:03 Marcel Schneider <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Jan 2017 12:20:14 -0700, Doug Ewell wrote: > > > > Marcel Schneider wrote: > > > > >> I don't understand the relevance to vulgar fractions. > > > > > > Vulgar fractions represented using super- and subscript digits around > > > the FRACTION SLASH U+2044 > > > > Don't do that. > > > > The fact that someone, even a Microsoft MVP, posted an article about > > this glyph hack does not make it a good idea. > > I found it a good idea long before I found and read the article. > > It is not such a good idea, if at all. Superscript and subscript are not the same thing as denominator and numerators. Many fonts make the difference and ½ or 1⁄2 or 1/2 will not look like of ¹/₂ or ¹⁄₂ in many cases.
