Ain
I just noticed, in the WG2 character charts for Amendment 2 of Part 1, that U+1D25 is called LATIN LETTER AIN but U+1D5C is MODIFIER LETTER SMALL AIN. Where did the word SMALL come from? All the other modifier letters are called CAPITAL or SMALL (or both) to denote the case of the underlying letter, not to point out that a modifier letter is smaller than a normal letter. If U+1D25 is to be LATIN LETTER AIN -- not CAPITAL or SMALL -- then a more consistent name for U+1D5C would be MODIFIER LETTER AIN. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
Re: Precomposed Tibetan
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:48:05 -0800 (PST), Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin wrote: Am I just clueless or it should be U+0308 instead of U+00A8? (Checks U0080.pdf...) Hm, even Homer dozed sometimes... :-) Oops !
Status of Unihan Mandarin readings?
I have tried to follow the discussion about the errors in field kMandarin of file Unihan.txt but, after a while, I lost my way with all those dictionary references... Could someone kindly make a short summary of the situation? Here are my biggest ???'s: - Are the errors really there? - Any estimate as to how many entries are affected? - Is it only kMandarin affected or also any other fields? - Any estimates for when it will be possible publish a fixed version? - Any suggestion for interim work-arounds (e.g., an older version of the file, an alternative source)? Thanks in advance. _ Marco
Re: Status of Unihan Mandarin readings?
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 04:58:08 -0800 (PST), Marco Cimarosti wrote: I have tried to follow the discussion about the errors in field kMandarin of file Unihan.txt but, after a while, I lost my way with all those dictionary references... Could someone kindly make a short summary of the situation? Here are my biggest ???'s: Here's my take on the situation : - Are the errors really there? Yes. - Any estimate as to how many entries are affected? I estimate about 10% of basic CJK, in other words 2,000+ - Is it only kMandarin affected or also any other fields? I don't think any other fields are affected. - Any estimates for when it will be possible publish a fixed version? I'll let Mr. Jenkins answer that one. - Any suggestion for interim work-arounds (e.g., an older version of the file, an alternative source)? Use the Unihan database for Unicode 3.0 at http://www.unicode.org/Public/3.0-Update/Unihan-3.txt This is the latest uncorrupted version. Hope this clarifies the situation. Andrew
Re: Ain
At 23:23 -0800 2002-12-18, Doug Ewell wrote: I just noticed, in the WG2 character charts for Amendment 2 of Part 1, that U+1D25 is called LATIN LETTER AIN but U+1D5C is MODIFIER LETTER SMALL AIN. Where did the word SMALL come from? Oh, I probably pasted it in when making the names list. All the other modifier letters are called CAPITAL or SMALL (or both) to denote the case of the underlying letter, not to point out that a modifier letter is smaller than a normal letter. True. If U+1D25 is to be LATIN LETTER AIN -- not CAPITAL or SMALL -- then a more consistent name for U+1D5C would be MODIFIER LETTER AIN. You should have made that comment through your L2 before the last ballot closed. It is too late to change this. Sorry. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
Re: h in Greek epigraphy
Recently I saw a piece of epigraphical Greek, and while Latin h was written in the transliteration, the letter used in the actual Greek was ETA. -- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
RE: h in Greek epigraphy
Scripsit Michael Everson: Recently I saw a piece of epigraphical Greek, and while Latin h was written in the transliteration, the letter used in the actual Greek was ETA. Yes; that is the whole point here. In all variants of the Greek alphabet except the Ionic, eta stood for the h sound as in English (hence the equivalent shapes of Eta and H, since it was some western form of the Greek alphabet that was apparently carried to Italy). After the Ionic alphabet was officially adopted at Athens, eta became used for long e in subsequent standardized Greek writing. Epigraphers need to indicate when they are transcribing into lowercase form, or transliterating, an Eta that was intended to represent the h sound and have adopted the Roman lc h as the means for doing so. David
Re: Ain
Michael Everson everson at evertype dot com wrote: If U+1D25 is to be LATIN LETTER AIN -- not CAPITAL or SMALL -- then a more consistent name for U+1D5C would be MODIFIER LETTER AIN. You should have made that comment through your L2 before the last ballot closed. It is too late to change this. Sorry. Oh well, I only noticed it 24 hours ago (and apparently nobody else noticed it at all). In any case, it's hardly a critical error -- the name isn't strictly wrong, or particularly confusing. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
23rd Internationalization and Unicode Conference - March 2003 - Prague, CzechRepublic
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