Default bidi ranges

2011-11-09 Thread Martin J. Dürst
I tried to find something like a normative description of the default bidi class of unassigned code points. In UTR #9, it says (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/tr9-23.html#Bidirectional_Character_Types): Unassigned characters are given strong types in the algorithm. This is an explicit ex

Re: Arabic alif-lam ligature

2011-11-09 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
11/8/2011 7:24 PM, Andreas Prilop wrote: There is a non-standard alif-lam ligature in the Arabic script. The logo of Al Arabiya shows an example. The logo as on page http://www.alarabiya.net looks like a rather special way of writing the name, but that’s what logos are. Which fonts have su

Re: Default bidi ranges

2011-11-09 Thread Asmus Freytag
On 11/9/2011 1:18 AM, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote: I tried to find something like a normative description of the default bidi class of unassigned code points. In UTR #9, it says (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/tr9-23.html#Bidirectional_Character_Types): Unassigned characters are given strong

Re: Default bidi ranges

2011-11-09 Thread Ken Whistler
On 11/9/2011 9:30 AM, Asmus Freytag wrote: On 11/9/2011 1:18 AM, "Martin J. Dürst" wrote: I tried to find something like a normative description of the default bidi class of unassigned code points. In UTR #9, it says (http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr9/tr9-23.html#Bidirectional_Character_Type

tips on writing character proposal

2011-11-09 Thread Larson, Timothy E.
Hello! I'm new here, but have already read some of the online documentation for proposing new characters. I'm still a bit unsure how to go about it. Or even who can do it. Can individuals submit ideas, or do you need to be the representative of some agency or group? How much supporting back

Re: tips on writing character proposal

2011-11-09 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
11/9/2011 10:58 PM, Larson, Timothy E. wrote: I'm new here, but have already read some of the online documentation > for proposing new characters. I think that a key statement that you have missed is at the end of http://www.unicode.org/pending/symbol-guidelines.html which says: “The fact that

Re: tips on writing character proposal

2011-11-09 Thread vanisaac
From: Larson, Timothy E. > Hello! > > I'm new here, but have already read some of the online documentation for > proposing new characters. I'm still a bit unsure how to go about it. Or even > who can do it. Can individuals submit ideas, or do you need to be the > representative of some agency

editorial: definitively broken link on CLDR online tools to external "Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts"

2011-11-09 Thread Philippe Verdy
The CLDR online tools include a footer that suggests finding Unicode fonts for Ancient scripts from a web site (greekfonts.teilar.gr) which is no longer available. Now it redirects to a parking page without contents. There's an archive of this page in the Google Cache, which shows that the site is

Re: tips on writing character proposal

2011-11-09 Thread Mark E. Shoulson
On 11/09/2011 03:58 PM, Larson, Timothy E. wrote: Hello! I'm new here, but have already read some of the online documentation for proposing new characters. I'm still a bit unsure how to go about it. Or even who can do it. Can individuals submit ideas, or do you need to be the representativ

Re: tips on writing character proposal

2011-11-09 Thread Asmus Freytag
On 11/9/2011 6:08 PM, Mark E. Shoulson wrote: On 11/09/2011 03:58 PM, Larson, Timothy E. wrote: Hello! I'm new here, but have already read some of the online documentation for proposing new characters. I'm still a bit unsure how to go about it. Or even who can do it. Can individuals submit