# Pi **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386 "2002-06-22T03:57:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/21 "2002-06-24T05:40:16Z")
How about [this one](http://3-1416.org/PI-team.html)? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/22 "2002-06-24T10:16:03Z")
Not quite, but that’s kinda cool. I might use it if it wasn’t somebody’s logo. I’m not so sure I want to walk around with an advertisement on my arm. I think if I just draw it up the way I like it, they’ll understand. (not than I’m an artist, but if I just draw it the same way I write it when I’m taking notes in class) ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/23 "2002-06-24T14:56:50Z")
To me, the alleged pi that bibliophage posted looks like a “P” with a funny serif at its upper left corner. ---
**Author:** ![GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f1d935/32.png) [@GSV\_Consolation\_of\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GSV_Consolation_of_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/24 "2002-06-24T15:13:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMC \* > \*\*How about [this one](http://3-1416.org/PI-team.html)? \*\* Looks a bit like a spoof of the Intel Inside [inwardly hears bong-bing-bung-bing, makes mental note to get de-memed] logo. Pi inside. It is to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/25 "2002-06-24T16:12:13Z")
Does anyone have LaTeX on their computer with the AMS-math package? If so, I think that variable style pi might be close. Use the command \varpi if anyone has the resources… ---
**Author:** ![KarmaComa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@KarmaComa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarmaComa)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/26 "2002-06-24T16:18:40Z")
Oops… varpi looks like a scrotum stuck in a zipper. ---
**Author:** ![RM\_Mentock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@RM\_Mentock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RM_Mentock)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/27 "2002-06-24T17:41:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Satyagrahi \* > \*\* > > What font am I using?!!! I’m using the Greek alphabet! > > Note that this board does NOT support the Greek alphabet and so automatically converts to the Latin alphabet which you’re more familiar with; that’s probably what’s causing the confusion here.\*\* No, that can’t be true. I do see a small greek letter pi there. It’s your own computer that is doing the conversion, or your site defaults somehow. If the board software did the conversion, I wouldn’t be able to see it. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/28 "2002-06-24T19:56:44Z")
Joey P, I wasn’t intentionally trying to suggest using the logo as is, but to take the circular part off, leaving the pi symbol. It just had a top that was similar to what you described. ---
**Author:** ![g8rguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@g8rguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/g8rguy)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/29 "2002-06-24T20:40:10Z")
Interesting. When I viewed this page at home, I got pi as normal. Here at work (using solaris and netscape rather than Win98 and IE, although what exactly the problem is, I’m not sure and don’t really care), I get the p. But then, I seem to remember having problems with the symbol font on this board before at work. ---
**Author:** ![Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Milton\_De\_La\_Warre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milton_De_La_Warre)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/30 "2002-06-26T11:42:24Z")
OK, so I have to ask the OP… The post I read prior to his/hers asks about the pi symbol suddenly appearing as a graffito in Seattle. This posting person wants a tattoo of one. Wassup? What’s the significance? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386/31 "2002-06-26T13:23:55Z")
There’s also a greek “variant pi” that looks like an omega with a squiggly line over it. [www.bdl.fr/solarsys/projet/](http://www.bdl.fr/solarsys/projet/) glossaire.html www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/~kanada/ latex/latexmath.html Is this what you’re looking for? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pi/115386.md?page=1)