Talk:Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)

Redirect

I noticed that "●" redirects here. Should I put a notice at the start of the page that there is a Pearl Jam song called "●" on their album Yield? Tezkag72 (talk) 01:57, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

Ehh, I did it. If anyone wants to remove it, they can. Tezkag72 (talk) 14:06, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Only fonts?

The part that says those are the only fonts that got allt he glyphs, seems like a very limited analysis of all fonts there are out there, the site that says the only fonts with 100% coverage doesn't actually says that, it just got a list of fonts and how much they cover --TiagoTiago (talk) 22:23, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

I am going to edit it. I can easily see that FreeMono (the Courier equivalence in the GNU Free Fonts) covers all these glyphs. And, those who made the Unicode proposal will probably have prepared such a font. A statement that says only two fonts have 100% coverage is inaccurate. --Ahyangyi (talk) 17:28, 5 March 2012 (UTC)

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Hamiltonian operator?

Why does the "WHITE DOWN-POINTING TRIANGLE" refer to the Hamiltonian operator in Quantum mechanics? This has nothing to do with it. Maybe it should instead refer to "Nabla Symbol"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.175.209.96 (talk) 11:20, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

White Square alternate usage

Typically, the white square character (□) is used to indicate the absence of an ideograph in software that is trying to render it. Is this an official thing, or only common convention? Do we have a source for it, and can we include that information in Wikipedia? Kidburla (talk) 02:50, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

No 'DOTTED SQUARE' character?

This page has DOTTED CIRCLE(◌ U+25CC) character but no corresponding DOTTED SQUARE(⬚ U+2B1A) character.

Shouldn't the latter be included?

BridgeKang (talk) 05:21, 9 February 2019 (UTC)

No. This page is for the Unicode block containing the characters from code point U+25A0 to code point U+25FF (decimal 9632 to 9727). U+25CC DOTTED CIRCLE (decimal 9676) falls within this range, but U+2B1A DOTTED SQUARE (decimal 11034) falls outside it, as 25FF₁₆ < 2B1A₁₆. U+2B1A belongs to Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows and is found there. — oatco (talk) 11:48, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

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Too long?

I question the need for two long tables near the start of the article. I believe these Unicode block pages are primarily (or perhaps "often") used to find a character to copypaste, and for this the Block section is enough (especially if it were not to have every character wikilinked; selecting a linked character on mobile is hard). I believe that the Block section alone does the job of the two long U+25A0-U+25CF and U+25D0-U+25FF blocks. As a point of comparison, compare the current-as-of-writing version of Geometric Shapes with the current version of Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows. Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows doesn't have the long tables, and I don't think it loses any worthwhile information because of it. WP:TOOMUCH?

My concrete suggestions:

1. Delete the two sections U+25A0-U+25CF and U+25D0-U+25FF.
2. Make the Block section the first of the page, before Font coverage.

Additionally, having every character in the compact Block table (Template:Unicode chart Geometric Shapes) wikilinked seems a bit excessive, as most redirect back to this page. (I checked.) The exceptions:

• U+25AA ▪ redirects to Square (but funnily enough U+25AB ▫ redirects here),
• U+25B0 ▰ and U+25B1 ▱ redirect to Parallelogram,
• U+25B6 ▶ and U+25C0 ◀ are links to Media controls,
• U+25B7 ▷ redirects to Relational algebra,
• U+25C5 ◅ redirects to Normal subgroup,
• U+25C9 ◉ redirects to Circled dot,
• U+25CA ◊ redirects to Lozenge,
• U+25CC ◌ redirects to Dotted circle (fair enough, as it's about the character itself),
• U+25CE ◎ redirects to Bullseye (target),
• U+25D6 ◖, U+25D7 ◗, U+25DA ◚, and U+25DB ◛ redirect to Semicircle,
• U+25D8 ◘ and U+25E6 ◦ redirect to Bullet (typography) (about the characters themselves),
• U+25DC to U+25E1 ◜ ◝ ◞ ◟ ◠ ◡ redirect to Arc (geometry)
• and finally U+25EF ◯ redirects to O mark (another article about the character itself).

Perhaps we should also consider unlinking the characters in the table, like in Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows. — oatco (talk) 12:42, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

I support unlinking all or most of the characters in the block template table. And moving the font coverage to the end of the article makes sense. I think there might be push back for deleting the U+25A0-U+25CF and U+25D0-U+25FF sections. Personally, I'm fine with getting rid of them. Others may resist because they contain images and html markup info. But that opposition will probably only appear once they're removed. DRMcCreedy (talk) 15:27, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

"Geometric Shapes" listed at Redirects for discussion

The redirect Geometric Shapes has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 July 16 § Geometric Shapes until a consensus is reached. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 05:03, 16 July 2024 (UTC)