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(x) Mystery character - logicalnot {Steve_P, Kent}
Posted by Bald Condensed in
3 Jul 2003 — 5:28am
3 Jul 2003 — 5:28am
Anyone know what this character is, and what it's for?
ASCII 194
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3 Jul 2003 — 5:45am
I think its the symbol for 'not' used in formal logic
To reproduce it in html, you can type ¬
If your browser supports it, you'll just see the symbol above, so type '&_not_;' without the underscores
3 Jul 2003 — 5:46am
The Postscript name is logicalnot. Bringhurst says that it is used for negation in symbolic logic. He also calls it an angled dash.
-- K.
3 Jul 2003 — 9:21am
>Crooked dash or post-car-crash dash is more like it. ;)
"Viagra-not"?
Sorry. Last day before a long weekend + week off.
3 Jul 2003 — 10:23am
>Sorry. Last day before a long weekend + week off.
Must dash?
sorry.
3 Jul 2003 — 5:57am
> He also calls it an angled dash.
Crooked dash or post-car-crash dash is more like it. ;)
THX everyone for the explanations, I owe you one.
(The pertinent question being "which one?")
3 Jul 2003 — 11:35am
>Must dash?
Classic. LOL
3 Jul 2003 — 5:42am
IIRC, it's a mathematical/logic symbol.
I think its name appears on Fog, I just don't have it installed here right now.