Re: Bikeshedding the invisible-char

["Brian J. Tarricone" <bjt23 cornell edu>]

Federico Mena Quintero wrote:

> openSUSE has a patch that changes the invisible-char to "●" (Unicode
> 0x25CF BLACK CIRCLE).

What happens when the current font is missing that character?  Will it 
try to find another font that has it, or will there be a manual fallback 
that uses '*' instead?  The square-with-hex-numbers isn't a great 
fallback :-/ .

> * The circle is fatter.  We should have a no-discrimination policy
> against Unicode glyphs with an above-average body mass index, I mean,
> the ink-to-area ratio.

However, there are some who believe (as a result of meticulous research) 
that a larger ink-to-area ratio increases the risk of certain health 
problems.  I don't think we want our users to suddenly start dropping 
from their chairs due to heart attacks.

> * The circle is BIGGER.  Size does matter, you know.

[insert self-deprecation here], you insensitive clod!

	-brian