[XeTeX] Diameter symbol

[David Cottenden]

Peter Dyballa wrote:
>
> Am 15.03.2010 um 12:50 schrieb David Cottenden:
>
>> Can anyone tell me how I can get a proper internal diameter symbol 
>> without having to add a whole maths alphabet (which appears to be 
>> what wasysym and mathabx do)? I don't have space for another maths 
>> alphabet!
>
>
> In which environment or situation do you want to use it? Is ø enough? 
> It's LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH STROKE at U+00F8 (LATIN CAPITAL LETTER 
> O WITH STROKE, Ø, is at U+00D8).
I could make my peace with that if need be - it's just likely that some 
/real/ engineers will read what I am writing, and it's possible that I 
might end up attracting avoidable red pen.
> Or are you looking for EMPTY SET, ∅, at U+2205? DIAMETER SIGN, ⌀, is 
> at U+2300.
The latter is the one that I am after, but I know that my main body font 
doesn't include it. Is there a decent font which does? I'm looking to 
match with Chaparral Pro, if that's possible.
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