Dwarf planet glyphs are now officially in Unicode
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2022 5:10 am
Unicode proposal #21224: https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2021/21224- ... t-syms.pdf
Unicode recently accepted the proposal linked to above. That means Unicode will now have official symbols and character positions for Dwarf planets Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, and Orcus. (Eris and Sedna already have symbols in Unicode.) This means that all of the "Seven Dwarfs" or the seven largest bodies beyond Pluto have official glyphs now. It also means they will eventually appear in standard fonts, so everybody on any system will be able to display them without having to install special custom fonts.
Astrolog (starting with version 7.20) is one program that supports all Seven Dwarfs, and uses all these glyphs. Astrolog's usage of the glyphs (along with that of the Astronomicon font that Astrolog supports) is mentioned in the proposal as a contributing factor. The proposal also includes a snapshot of one of Astrolog's animations showing the orbits of the Seven Dwarfs labeled with the glyphs. The full picture (animating) can be seen below:
Unicode recently accepted the proposal linked to above. That means Unicode will now have official symbols and character positions for Dwarf planets Haumea, Makemake, Gonggong, Quaoar, and Orcus. (Eris and Sedna already have symbols in Unicode.) This means that all of the "Seven Dwarfs" or the seven largest bodies beyond Pluto have official glyphs now. It also means they will eventually appear in standard fonts, so everybody on any system will be able to display them without having to install special custom fonts.
Astrolog (starting with version 7.20) is one program that supports all Seven Dwarfs, and uses all these glyphs. Astrolog's usage of the glyphs (along with that of the Astronomicon font that Astrolog supports) is mentioned in the proposal as a contributing factor. The proposal also includes a snapshot of one of Astrolog's animations showing the orbits of the Seven Dwarfs labeled with the glyphs. The full picture (animating) can be seen below:
