Why does nobody use ISO 9995-7 key symbols?

Question

⎋ means Esc (perhaps it looks bad but that's just a font problem), ⇧ means Shift, ⎇ means Alt, ⇱ and ⇲ mean Home and End respectively, ⌦ and ⌫ mean Delete and Backspace respectively etc.Mac users often record keyboard shortcuts like "⌘ + ⌥ + ⌫" but PC users write Ctrl + Alt + Del whatever... Emacs users have a notation of their own.No single keyboard cheat sheet (which could save screen/paper space this way), nor even an actual keyboard I've ever seen had ISO 9995-7 key symbols - everybody just uses the names.Why is this?

pphysch · Accepted Answer

Blackboard/analog simplicity and keyboard/digital simplicity are completely different.
Blackboard: λ > lambda
ASCII: lambda > λ
More power to you if you want to include the graphically elegant glyphs in your final drafts. S/o to (La)TeX for being a bridge here.

Why does nobody use ISO 9995-7 key symbols?

Blackboard/analog simplicity and keyboard/digital simplicity are completely different.Blackboard: λ > lambdaASCII: lambda > λMore power to you if you want to include the graphically elegant glyphs in your final drafts. S/o to (La)TeX for being a bridge here.

Blackboard/analog simplicity and keyboard/digital simplicity are completely different.
Blackboard: λ > lambda
ASCII: lambda > λ
More power to you if you want to include the graphically elegant glyphs in your final drafts. S/o to (La)TeX for being a bridge here.