If I look at the README at this website: GitHub - baggepinnen/TrajectoryLimiters.jl: Nonlinear filters to create dynamically feasible reference trajectories with Firefox the unicode characters are very distorted and hardly readable. Example: [image] This is supposed to be \dot{x}_M and \ddot{x}_M.…

So for now my conclusion is, do NOT use Unicode characters in Julia code or in README.md without checking their readability on Github in the browser. I think most Greek letters are no problem. but variables like \dot{X} should be avoided.

I would use LaTeX, renders nice on GitHub and even when you include it in your docs. Sure JuliaHub does not have MathJax/KaTeX running, but isn‘t their their problem and not yours? Do you have a use case for code examples? If that’s quarto (or Literate) in the docs or Pluto they would render LaTeX …

[image] ufechner7: What is the suggested way to use Unicode in a README.md file? The rendering is determined by your browser and font, so you probably need a better font if you want better rendering. (But for equations I would just use LaTeX now that GitHub supports it.)

[image] stevengj: so you probably need a better font I already installed extra fonts which did not help: [image]

[image] stevengj: (But for equations I would just use LaTeX now that GitHub supports it.) @baggepinnen Any comment?

I have already given you my comment in the issue and PR you opened.

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Using Unicode in README.md file?

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