Character not rendering as it should

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Character not rendering as it should

I'm running OS X 10.9.2 on my MacBook Air and I'm having problems inserting a particular character into documents. In Character Viewer, it is U+2263, "STRICTLY EQUIVALENT TO", and it displays as three horizontal, parallel lines. However, when I insert the character into any document (including this post), I get this: ≣ (four parallel lines). I've tried the various Unicode fonts I have installed, but it won't budge from Menlo Regular.

Any tips on how to use the glyph that displays in Character Viewer would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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doonyakka

Posted on Jul 9, 2014 11:57 AM

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Tom Gewecke

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Jul 9, 2014 12:23 PM in response to doonyakka

All standard fonts, including Cambria Math, STIX, Apple Symbols, Menlo, have this character as 4 lines on my machine. If you really want 3 lines, you have to use a Chinese font. Or use 2261, Identical To. You should be able to see this for yourself in the Font Variation pane at the bottom right of the full Character Viewer.

http://www.charbase.com/2263-unicode-strictly-equivalent-to

http://www.charbase.com/2261-unicode-strictly-equivalent-to

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doonyakka Author

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Jul 9, 2014 1:35 PM in response to Tom Gewecke

Thanks for the reply. U+2261 is exactly what I was looking for, and it renders as it should on my system. The weird thing is that this is how Character Viewer displays U+2263:

Are you seeing four lines instead?

Anyway, problem solved. Thanks!

doonyakka

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Tom Gewecke

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Jul 9, 2014 2:04 PM in response to doonyakka

Yes, that is weird, for some reason Character Viewer must be using a Chinese font to get that particular version. If you click on Menlo in the Font Variation pane it should change to 4 lines.

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