Infinity subscripts

[Doug Ewell]

That’s not what the OP is asking for. He wants a spacing character, analogous to the digits and other subscript characters in the 2080..209C range.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Unicode <unicode-bounces at corp.unicode.org> On Behalf Of Michael Everson via Unicode
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2025 12:59
To: Peter Constable <pgcon6 at msn.com>
Cc: Andrei Enache <andreien at proton.me>; unicode at corp.unicode.org
Subject: Re: Infinity subscripts

U+1AB2 COMBINING INFINITY exists to indicate weak nasalization in Germanic dialectology. 

Michael

> On 24 Oct 2025, at 19:40, Peter Constable via Unicode <unicode at corp.unicode.org> wrote:
> 
> An infinity symbol might be used subscripted in math formulas, but math formulas regard higher-level markup in any case.
> 
> In general, Unicode assumes that super- / sub-scripting should be handled by markup and formatting unless there is a strong reason for separate encoding (e.g., as required in phonetic transcription, in which a plain-text distinction is needed).
> 
> 
> Peter
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Unicode <unicode-bounces at corp.unicode.org> On Behalf Of Andrei Enache via Unicode
> Sent: October 21, 2025 2:22 PM
> To: unicode at corp.unicode.org
> Subject: Infinity subscripts
> 
> Hi Unicode mailing list,
> 
> I'd like to know if Unicode is able to incorporate infinity subscripts into the specification? This would help with mathematical notation as it is very common there to mark some limiting behavior of a sequence.
> 
> Some internet discussion here: 
> 
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65495679/subscript-unicode-character-symbol-in-python
> https://communities.sas.com/t5/SAS-Programming/How-to-create-a-subscript-of-the-infinity-symbol/td-p/738302
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Unicode/comments/zgchk6/subscript_infinity_symbol/
> 
> Some programming languages like Mathematica (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5481216/subscripted-variables) benefit from numbered and variable name (such as x, n) subscripts for other functionality, and infinity would help with this.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Andrei
>