User:Mjb/Phonorecord copyright symbol

℗

The phonorecord copyright symbol is ℗ (U+2117), not ⓟ (U+24C5).

The regular copyright symbol is © (U+00A9).

Fonts on my system that contain ℗

Font	7pt	8pt	9pt	10pt	11pt	12pt	13pt	14pt	16pt	18pt
Arial Unicode MS	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
Lucida Sans Unicode	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
MS Gothic	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
MS Mincho	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
MS PGothic	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
MS PMincho	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
MS UI Gothic	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©
MS Reference Sans Serif	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©	℗©

Analysis

On Windows XP with ClearType on, Lucida Sans Unicode looks great. With standard smoothing, however, at some point sizes the hinting causes the P to be off-center within the circle. MS Reference Sans Serif does better when ClearType is off. I haven't seen what it does with ClearType on.

Availability

Lucida Sans Unicode should be available on all Windows 2000 and newer systems, maybe also Windows 98 (I found conflicting references). Lucida Grande is the equivalent on Mac OS X.

MS Reference Sans Serif will only be present if Encarta or Office 2007 is installed.