Unicode fonts - Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?

[Christopher Dimech]

> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:02 AM
> From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz@gnu.org>
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Unicode fonts - Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
>
> > Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 17:24:54 +0300
> > From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> > Cc: help-gnu-emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> > 
> > These letters like 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐛𝐨𝐥𝐝 should be supported by every
> > English screen reader, regardless
> 
> How far are you prepared to go with these ridiculous "should be
> supported" requirements?  Would you also like "реасе" to be supported
> by English screen readers, for example?

Writing mathematical symbols in bold is used as a typographical convention
for certain areas of mathematics.  Have not seen them implemented in texinfo.
 
> You are judging characters by their appearance, which is incorrect.
> Characters should be judged by their codepoints and their attributes,
> not by how they look in some particular font.
> 
>