Unicode isn’t meant to replace all typesetting like LaTeX. For example, I can’t make proper horizontal fractions (as opposed to slashed like ⅝ or ⁹⁄₁₆) that are normal in my part of the world because that would be too much scope creep.
An imperfect solution is adding ̅ U+0305 COMBINING OVERLINE above everything. For example, it does not sit at consistent height (√4̅a̅c̅) and Windows renders it incorrectly (centered to the right edge of the character, not its center).
This is how I’d render the numerator using Unicode only:
𝑏² ± √4̅𝑎̅𝑐̅
Can you even do that “proper” square root with unicode? Or is it always just that single character?
Unicode isn’t meant to replace all typesetting like LaTeX. For example, I can’t make proper horizontal fractions (as opposed to slashed like ⅝ or ⁹⁄₁₆) that are normal in my part of the world because that would be too much scope creep.
An imperfect solution is adding
̅ U+0305 COMBINING OVERLINEabove everything. For example, it does not sit at consistent height (√4̅a̅c̅) and Windows renders it incorrectly (centered to the right edge of the character, not its center).This is how I’d render the numerator using Unicode only:
𝑏² ± √4̅𝑎̅𝑐̅
So they had to use something “fancier” like TeX so they must’ve known about suoerscriots and the like