Position of the registered sign

[James Kass]

On 2024-09-16 6:02 PM, Asmus Freytag via Unicode wrote:
> On 9/16/2024 12:54 AM, Marius Spix via Unicode wrote:
>> There is no semantic difference whether ® is superscripted or not, so 
>> that would be a stylistic choice, which can be translated into markup 
>> like {\super ®} or<sup>®</sup>.
>
> That's an interesting assertion in the light of the fact that the mark 
> is predominantly used to annotate words, not to stand for the word in 
> a sentence.
>
If there is a semantic difference, then direct encoding of the variant 
seems warranted.  If there is no semantic difference, then this 
discussion seems moot.
>
> I would argue that using a shape that reflect that most common use is 
> the one that is appropriate for plain text.
>
Legibility is appropriate for plain-text.  It's a design choice best 
left to font designers.  If the glyph looks like an encircled dot at 
normal text sizes, then a larger glyph would get the job done.