Micro 4/3 What does this part of the Micro 4/3 logo mean?

[Kevin]

Trying to educate myself a bit on this one....

With the existing Micro 4/3 smilie, what is the mark at start of it and what does it mean? Kinda' looks like an upside down 'n'.

 

[drd1135]

Trying to educate myself a bit on this one....

With the existing Micro 4/3 smilie, what is the mark at start of it and what does it mean? Kinda' looks like an upside down 'n'.

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It’s the Greek letter mu, which is the single letter abbreviation for “micro”

 

[Kevin]

It’s the Greek letter mu, which is the single letter abbreviation for “micro”

Ah, thank you! When I was searching I was finding the logo below and a few deviations of it but nothing like the icon we use here.

 

[bartjeej]

Olympus has a history of using the Greek letter m(j)u in the names of several (waterproof) compacts. I'm not sure if Olympus and/or Panasonic ever used the Greek letter for micro 4/3, but the online user community did and does

 

[BosseBe]

And if you want to write that Greek letter, µ, use Ctrl-Alt-M, works for me at least.

 

[Petrochemist]

And if you want to write that Greek letter, µ, use Ctrl-Alt-M, works for me at least.

That sounds quicker than Alt+0181 which is what I've always used on Windows (my version doesn't work on my Raspberry Pi, I'll have to give your shortcut a go!)

 

[wt21]

And if you want to write that Greek letter, µ, use Ctrl-Alt-M, works for me at least.

function-option-m on a Mac

 

[Fishtug]

alt + 230 on number pad works for me

 

[Walter Palmer]

Or let your cat type the "mew" part and you just add the 4/3 - because we humans need to make stuff complex.