Re: '㏄' versus 'cc' and '㎍' versus 'µg' usage [tlug]

[Brian Chandler <brian@example.com>]

jep200404 wrote:
> I don't think I was clear enough, so I'm rephrasing the question. 
>
> How common is the use of the single character '㏄' 
> instead of two 'c' characters for cubic centimeters, 
> and how common is the use of the single character '㎍' 
> instead of two characters, the 'µ' and the 'g' for 
> micrograms 
>
> 1. in Japan? 

Common, I would have thought - if you look at traditional Japanese 
printing, you'll see all sorts of "characters" made from strings of 
roman letters, or tiny kana. But this is all because of fitting a 
spaghetti language into a tofu printing system.

> 2. in Europe? 

Unknown, assuming you mean "in European languages", none of which is 
Japanese (or Chinese, or any other tofu printing system).

(Partly genuine question...) How about degreesC? In Japanese this is a 
single character (therefore it appears in Unicode), but surely in any 
European language (including English) this is simply a degrees sign 
followed by a capital C. I guess there might be fonts which have it as a 
ligature, as in 'fi' 'ff' 'ffi', but there is surely no _character_ 'ffi'.

Brian Chandler
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