diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist.go
index a0108c46383..43e43ce87c7 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (xl termlist) String() string {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for i, x := range xl {
 		if i > 0 {
-			buf.WriteString(" ∪ ")
+			buf.WriteString(" | ")
 		}
 		buf.WriteString(x.String())
 	}
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist_test.go
index d1e3bdf88ef..3005d0edea0 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/termlist_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 // maketl makes a term list from a string of the term list.
 func maketl(s string) termlist {
 	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, " ", "")
-	names := strings.Split(s, "∪")
+	names := strings.Split(s, "|")
 	r := make(termlist, len(names))
 	for i, n := range names {
 		r[i] = testTerm(n)
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ func TestTermlistString(t *testing.T) {
 		"int",
 		"~int",
 		"myInt",
-		"∅ ∪ ∅",
-		"𝓤 ∪ 𝓤",
-		"∅ ∪ 𝓤 ∪ int",
-		"∅ ∪ 𝓤 ∪ int ∪ myInt",
+		"∅ | ∅",
+		"𝓤 | 𝓤",
+		"∅ | 𝓤 | int",
+		"∅ | 𝓤 | int | myInt",
 	} {
 		if got := maketl(want).String(); got != want {
 			t.Errorf("(%v).String() == %v", want, got)
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ func TestTermlistString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTermlistIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	for test, want := range map[string]bool{
 		"∅":             true,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅":         true,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤":     false,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅ ∪ myInt": false,
+		"∅ | ∅":         true,
+		"∅ | ∅ | 𝓤":     false,
+		"∅ | ∅ | myInt": false,
 		"𝓤":             false,
-		"𝓤 ∪ int":       false,
-		"𝓤 ∪ myInt ∪ ∅": false,
+		"𝓤 | int":       false,
+		"𝓤 | myInt | ∅": false,
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test)
 		got := xl.isEmpty()
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ func TestTermlistIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTermlistIsAll(t *testing.T) {
 	for test, want := range map[string]bool{
 		"∅":             false,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅":         false,
-		"int ∪ ~string": false,
-		"~int ∪ myInt":  false,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤":     true,
+		"∅ | ∅":         false,
+		"int | ~string": false,
+		"~int | myInt":  false,
+		"∅ | ∅ | 𝓤":     true,
 		"𝓤":             true,
-		"𝓤 ∪ int":       true,
-		"myInt ∪ 𝓤":     true,
+		"𝓤 | int":       true,
+		"myInt | 𝓤":     true,
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test)
 		got := xl.isAll()
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ func TestTermlistNorm(t *testing.T) {
 		xl, want string
 	}{
 		{"∅", "∅"},
-		{"∅ ∪ ∅", "∅"},
-		{"∅ ∪ int", "int"},
-		{"∅ ∪ myInt", "myInt"},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ int", "𝓤"},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ myInt", "𝓤"},
-		{"int ∪ myInt", "int ∪ myInt"},
-		{"~int ∪ int", "~int"},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt", "~int"},
-		{"int ∪ ~string ∪ int", "int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ 𝓤 ∪ ~string ∪ int", "𝓤"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ myInt ∪ ~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
+		{"∅ | ∅", "∅"},
+		{"∅ | int", "int"},
+		{"∅ | myInt", "myInt"},
+		{"𝓤 | int", "𝓤"},
+		{"𝓤 | myInt", "𝓤"},
+		{"int | myInt", "int | myInt"},
+		{"~int | int", "~int"},
+		{"~int | myInt", "~int"},
+		{"int | ~string | int", "int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | 𝓤 | ~string | int", "𝓤"},
+		{"~int | string | myInt | ~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		got := maketl(test.xl).norm()
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ func TestTermlistUnion(t *testing.T) {
 		{"∅", "int", "int"},
 		{"𝓤", "~int", "𝓤"},
 		{"int", "~int", "~int"},
-		{"int", "string", "int ∪ string"},
-		{"int", "myInt", "int ∪ myInt"},
+		{"int", "string", "int | string"},
+		{"int", "myInt", "int | myInt"},
 		{"~int", "myInt", "~int"},
-		{"int ∪ string", "~string", "int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ 𝓤", "~string ∪ int", "𝓤"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ myInt", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
+		{"int | string", "~string", "int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | ∅", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | myInt | ∅", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | 𝓤", "~string | int", "𝓤"},
+		{"~int | string | myInt", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ func TestTermlistIntersect(t *testing.T) {
 		{"int", "string", "∅"},
 		{"int", "myInt", "∅"},
 		{"~int", "myInt", "myInt"},
-		{"int ∪ string", "~string", "string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ string"},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "int"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ 𝓤", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ myInt", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ string"},
+		{"int | string", "~string", "string"},
+		{"~int | string", "~string | int", "int | string"},
+		{"~int | string | ∅", "~string | int", "int | string"},
+		{"~int | myInt | ∅", "~string | int", "int"},
+		{"~int | string | 𝓤", "~string | int", "int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | myInt", "~string | int", "int | string"},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ func TestTermlistEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		{"∅", "∅", true},
 		{"∅", "𝓤", false},
 		{"𝓤", "𝓤", true},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ int", "𝓤", true},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ int", "string ∪ 𝓤", true},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ myInt", "string ∪ 𝓤", true},
-		{"int ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int", false},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "string ∪ myInt", false},
-		{"int ∪ ~string ∪ ∅", "string ∪ int ∪ ~string", true},
+		{"𝓤 | int", "𝓤", true},
+		{"𝓤 | int", "string | 𝓤", true},
+		{"𝓤 | myInt", "string | 𝓤", true},
+		{"int | ~string", "string | int", false},
+		{"~int | string", "string | myInt", false},
+		{"int | ~string | ∅", "string | int | ~string", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ func TestTermlistIncludes(t *testing.T) {
 		{"int", "string", false},
 		{"~int", "string", false},
 		{"~int", "myInt", true},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "int", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "myInt", true},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt ∪ ∅", "myInt", true},
-		{"myInt ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤", "int", true},
+		{"int | string", "string", true},
+		{"~int | string", "int", true},
+		{"~int | string", "myInt", true},
+		{"~int | myInt | ∅", "myInt", true},
+		{"myInt | ∅ | 𝓤", "int", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := testTerm(test.typ).typ
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ func TestTermlistSupersetOf(t *testing.T) {
 		{"myInt", "~int", false},
 		{"int", "string", false},
 		{"~int", "string", false},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string", true},
-		{"int ∪ string", "~string", false},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "int", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "myInt", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ ∅", "string", true},
-		{"~string ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤", "myInt", true},
+		{"int | string", "string", true},
+		{"int | string", "~string", false},
+		{"~int | string", "int", true},
+		{"~int | string", "myInt", true},
+		{"~int | string | ∅", "string", true},
+		{"~string | ∅ | 𝓤", "myInt", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		y := testTerm(test.typ)
@@ -261,18 +261,18 @@ func TestTermlistSubsetOf(t *testing.T) {
 		{"∅", "𝓤", true},
 		{"𝓤", "∅", false},
 		{"𝓤", "𝓤", true},
-		{"int", "int ∪ string", true},
-		{"~int", "int ∪ string", false},
-		{"~int", "myInt ∪ string", false},
-		{"myInt", "~int ∪ string", true},
-		{"~int", "string ∪ string ∪ int ∪ ~int", true},
-		{"myInt", "string ∪ string ∪ ~int", true},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string", false},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string ∪ int", true},
-		{"int ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int", false},
-		{"myInt ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int ∪ 𝓤", true},
-		{"int ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int ∪ ∅ ∪ string", false},
-		{"int ∪ myInt", "string ∪ ~int ∪ ∅ ∪ string", true},
+		{"int", "int | string", true},
+		{"~int", "int | string", false},
+		{"~int", "myInt | string", false},
+		{"myInt", "~int | string", true},
+		{"~int", "string | string | int | ~int", true},
+		{"myInt", "string | string | ~int", true},
+		{"int | string", "string", false},
+		{"int | string", "string | int", true},
+		{"int | ~string", "string | int", false},
+		{"myInt | ~string", "string | int | 𝓤", true},
+		{"int | ~string", "string | int | ∅ | string", false},
+		{"int | myInt", "string | ~int | ∅ | string", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/typeset_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/typeset_test.go
index 69eaff741fc..40ca28e525f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/typeset_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/typeset_test.go
@@ -21,13 +21,13 @@ func TestTypeSetString(t *testing.T) {
 		"{}":            "𝓤",
 		"{int}":         "{int}",
 		"{~int}":        "{~int}",
-		"{int|string}":  "{int ∪ string}",
+		"{int|string}":  "{int | string}",
 		"{int; string}": "∅",
 
 		"{comparable}":              "{comparable}",
 		"{comparable; int}":         "{int}",
 		"{~int; comparable}":        "{~int}",
-		"{int|string; comparable}":  "{int ∪ string}",
+		"{int|string; comparable}":  "{int | string}",
 		"{comparable; int; string}": "∅",
 
 		"{m()}":                         "{func (p.T).m()}",
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func TestTypeSetString(t *testing.T) {
 		"{m1(); comparable; m2() int }": "{comparable; func (p.T).m1(); func (p.T).m2() int}",
 		"{comparable; error}":           "{comparable; func (error).Error() string}",
 
-		"{m(); comparable; int|float32|string}": "{func (p.T).m(); int ∪ float32 ∪ string}",
+		"{m(); comparable; int|float32|string}": "{func (p.T).m(); int | float32 | string}",
 		"{m1(); int; m2(); comparable }":        "{func (p.T).m1(); func (p.T).m2(); int}",
 
 		"{E}; type E interface{}":           "𝓤",
diff --git a/src/go/types/termlist.go b/src/go/types/termlist.go
index 94e49caee04..6d08ddb397a 100644
--- a/src/go/types/termlist.go
+++ b/src/go/types/termlist.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (xl termlist) String() string {
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	for i, x := range xl {
 		if i > 0 {
-			buf.WriteString(" ∪ ")
+			buf.WriteString(" | ")
 		}
 		buf.WriteString(x.String())
 	}
diff --git a/src/go/types/termlist_test.go b/src/go/types/termlist_test.go
index f0d58ac1bcf..0ff687ebda6 100644
--- a/src/go/types/termlist_test.go
+++ b/src/go/types/termlist_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 // maketl makes a term list from a string of the term list.
 func maketl(s string) termlist {
 	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, " ", "")
-	names := strings.Split(s, "∪")
+	names := strings.Split(s, "|")
 	r := make(termlist, len(names))
 	for i, n := range names {
 		r[i] = testTerm(n)
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ func TestTermlistString(t *testing.T) {
 		"int",
 		"~int",
 		"myInt",
-		"∅ ∪ ∅",
-		"𝓤 ∪ 𝓤",
-		"∅ ∪ 𝓤 ∪ int",
-		"∅ ∪ 𝓤 ∪ int ∪ myInt",
+		"∅ | ∅",
+		"𝓤 | 𝓤",
+		"∅ | 𝓤 | int",
+		"∅ | 𝓤 | int | myInt",
 	} {
 		if got := maketl(want).String(); got != want {
 			t.Errorf("(%v).String() == %v", want, got)
@@ -47,12 +47,12 @@ func TestTermlistString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTermlistIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	for test, want := range map[string]bool{
 		"∅":             true,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅":         true,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤":     false,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅ ∪ myInt": false,
+		"∅ | ∅":         true,
+		"∅ | ∅ | 𝓤":     false,
+		"∅ | ∅ | myInt": false,
 		"𝓤":             false,
-		"𝓤 ∪ int":       false,
-		"𝓤 ∪ myInt ∪ ∅": false,
+		"𝓤 | int":       false,
+		"𝓤 | myInt | ∅": false,
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test)
 		got := xl.isEmpty()
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ func TestTermlistIsEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTermlistIsAll(t *testing.T) {
 	for test, want := range map[string]bool{
 		"∅":             false,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅":         false,
-		"int ∪ ~string": false,
-		"~int ∪ myInt":  false,
-		"∅ ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤":     true,
+		"∅ | ∅":         false,
+		"int | ~string": false,
+		"~int | myInt":  false,
+		"∅ | ∅ | 𝓤":     true,
 		"𝓤":             true,
-		"𝓤 ∪ int":       true,
-		"myInt ∪ 𝓤":     true,
+		"𝓤 | int":       true,
+		"myInt | 𝓤":     true,
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test)
 		got := xl.isAll()
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ func TestTermlistNorm(t *testing.T) {
 		xl, want string
 	}{
 		{"∅", "∅"},
-		{"∅ ∪ ∅", "∅"},
-		{"∅ ∪ int", "int"},
-		{"∅ ∪ myInt", "myInt"},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ int", "𝓤"},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ myInt", "𝓤"},
-		{"int ∪ myInt", "int ∪ myInt"},
-		{"~int ∪ int", "~int"},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt", "~int"},
-		{"int ∪ ~string ∪ int", "int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ 𝓤 ∪ ~string ∪ int", "𝓤"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ myInt ∪ ~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
+		{"∅ | ∅", "∅"},
+		{"∅ | int", "int"},
+		{"∅ | myInt", "myInt"},
+		{"𝓤 | int", "𝓤"},
+		{"𝓤 | myInt", "𝓤"},
+		{"int | myInt", "int | myInt"},
+		{"~int | int", "~int"},
+		{"~int | myInt", "~int"},
+		{"int | ~string | int", "int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | 𝓤 | ~string | int", "𝓤"},
+		{"~int | string | myInt | ~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		got := maketl(test.xl).norm()
@@ -116,15 +116,15 @@ func TestTermlistUnion(t *testing.T) {
 		{"∅", "int", "int"},
 		{"𝓤", "~int", "𝓤"},
 		{"int", "~int", "~int"},
-		{"int", "string", "int ∪ string"},
-		{"int", "myInt", "int ∪ myInt"},
+		{"int", "string", "int | string"},
+		{"int", "myInt", "int | myInt"},
 		{"~int", "myInt", "~int"},
-		{"int ∪ string", "~string", "int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ 𝓤", "~string ∪ int", "𝓤"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ myInt", "~string ∪ int", "~int ∪ ~string"},
+		{"int | string", "~string", "int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | ∅", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | myInt | ∅", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | 𝓤", "~string | int", "𝓤"},
+		{"~int | string | myInt", "~string | int", "~int | ~string"},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@ func TestTermlistIntersect(t *testing.T) {
 		{"int", "string", "∅"},
 		{"int", "myInt", "∅"},
 		{"~int", "myInt", "myInt"},
-		{"int ∪ string", "~string", "string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ string"},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt ∪ ∅", "~string ∪ int", "int"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ 𝓤", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ ~string"},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ myInt", "~string ∪ int", "int ∪ string"},
+		{"int | string", "~string", "string"},
+		{"~int | string", "~string | int", "int | string"},
+		{"~int | string | ∅", "~string | int", "int | string"},
+		{"~int | myInt | ∅", "~string | int", "int"},
+		{"~int | string | 𝓤", "~string | int", "int | ~string"},
+		{"~int | string | myInt", "~string | int", "int | string"},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
@@ -174,12 +174,12 @@ func TestTermlistEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		{"∅", "∅", true},
 		{"∅", "𝓤", false},
 		{"𝓤", "𝓤", true},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ int", "𝓤", true},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ int", "string ∪ 𝓤", true},
-		{"𝓤 ∪ myInt", "string ∪ 𝓤", true},
-		{"int ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int", false},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "string ∪ myInt", false},
-		{"int ∪ ~string ∪ ∅", "string ∪ int ∪ ~string", true},
+		{"𝓤 | int", "𝓤", true},
+		{"𝓤 | int", "string | 𝓤", true},
+		{"𝓤 | myInt", "string | 𝓤", true},
+		{"int | ~string", "string | int", false},
+		{"~int | string", "string | myInt", false},
+		{"int | ~string | ∅", "string | int | ~string", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
@@ -201,11 +201,11 @@ func TestTermlistIncludes(t *testing.T) {
 		{"int", "string", false},
 		{"~int", "string", false},
 		{"~int", "myInt", true},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "int", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "myInt", true},
-		{"~int ∪ myInt ∪ ∅", "myInt", true},
-		{"myInt ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤", "int", true},
+		{"int | string", "string", true},
+		{"~int | string", "int", true},
+		{"~int | string", "myInt", true},
+		{"~int | myInt | ∅", "myInt", true},
+		{"myInt | ∅ | 𝓤", "int", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := testTerm(test.typ).typ
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ func TestTermlistSupersetOf(t *testing.T) {
 		{"myInt", "~int", false},
 		{"int", "string", false},
 		{"~int", "string", false},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string", true},
-		{"int ∪ string", "~string", false},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "int", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string", "myInt", true},
-		{"~int ∪ string ∪ ∅", "string", true},
-		{"~string ∪ ∅ ∪ 𝓤", "myInt", true},
+		{"int | string", "string", true},
+		{"int | string", "~string", false},
+		{"~int | string", "int", true},
+		{"~int | string", "myInt", true},
+		{"~int | string | ∅", "string", true},
+		{"~string | ∅ | 𝓤", "myInt", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		y := testTerm(test.typ)
@@ -261,18 +261,18 @@ func TestTermlistSubsetOf(t *testing.T) {
 		{"∅", "𝓤", true},
 		{"𝓤", "∅", false},
 		{"𝓤", "𝓤", true},
-		{"int", "int ∪ string", true},
-		{"~int", "int ∪ string", false},
-		{"~int", "myInt ∪ string", false},
-		{"myInt", "~int ∪ string", true},
-		{"~int", "string ∪ string ∪ int ∪ ~int", true},
-		{"myInt", "string ∪ string ∪ ~int", true},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string", false},
-		{"int ∪ string", "string ∪ int", true},
-		{"int ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int", false},
-		{"myInt ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int ∪ 𝓤", true},
-		{"int ∪ ~string", "string ∪ int ∪ ∅ ∪ string", false},
-		{"int ∪ myInt", "string ∪ ~int ∪ ∅ ∪ string", true},
+		{"int", "int | string", true},
+		{"~int", "int | string", false},
+		{"~int", "myInt | string", false},
+		{"myInt", "~int | string", true},
+		{"~int", "string | string | int | ~int", true},
+		{"myInt", "string | string | ~int", true},
+		{"int | string", "string", false},
+		{"int | string", "string | int", true},
+		{"int | ~string", "string | int", false},
+		{"myInt | ~string", "string | int | 𝓤", true},
+		{"int | ~string", "string | int | ∅ | string", false},
+		{"int | myInt", "string | ~int | ∅ | string", true},
 	} {
 		xl := maketl(test.xl)
 		yl := maketl(test.yl)
diff --git a/src/go/types/typeset_test.go b/src/go/types/typeset_test.go
index 2bbe6113760..51560924839 100644
--- a/src/go/types/typeset_test.go
+++ b/src/go/types/typeset_test.go
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ func TestTypeSetString(t *testing.T) {
 		"{}":            "𝓤",
 		"{int}":         "{int}",
 		"{~int}":        "{~int}",
-		"{int|string}":  "{int ∪ string}",
+		"{int|string}":  "{int | string}",
 		"{int; string}": "∅",
 
 		"{comparable}":              "{comparable}",
 		"{comparable; int}":         "{int}",
 		"{~int; comparable}":        "{~int}",
-		"{int|string; comparable}":  "{int ∪ string}",
+		"{int|string; comparable}":  "{int | string}",
 		"{comparable; int; string}": "∅",
 
 		"{m()}":                         "{func (p.T).m()}",
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestTypeSetString(t *testing.T) {
 		"{m1(); comparable; m2() int }": "{comparable; func (p.T).m1(); func (p.T).m2() int}",
 		"{comparable; error}":           "{comparable; func (error).Error() string}",
 
-		"{m(); comparable; int|float32|string}": "{func (p.T).m(); int ∪ float32 ∪ string}",
+		"{m(); comparable; int|float32|string}": "{func (p.T).m(); int | float32 | string}",
 		"{m1(); int; m2(); comparable }":        "{func (p.T).m1(); func (p.T).m2(); int}",
 
 		"{E}; type E interface{}":           "𝓤",