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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-21 year agoCelsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoI think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoOne of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
Celsius is also basically always accompanied by a ° when abbreviated. So much so that “℃” is a single Unicode character.
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I think that’s only used in Chinese and Japanese, so that °C occupies as much space as a Chinese/Japanese character.
One of my default phone keyboards had them. Either an old bersion of Gboard, or the Samsung keyboard.
I am flabbergasted.