Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-20 Thread William_J_G Overington
On Saturday 18 September 2010, Andrey V. Lukyanov wrote: > I think that all characters need an annotation. The > existing information is scattered around the Unicode > standard's chapters and technical reports, so its exact > location is not always obvious. > > It would be nice to have a single

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Andrey V. Lukyanov
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Michael Everson wrote: Seems like that character needs an annotation, doesn't it? I think that all characters need an annotation. The existing information is scattered around the Unicode standard's chapters and technical reports, so its exact location is not always ob

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Michael Everson wrote: On 18 Sep 2010, at 20:23, Asmus Freytag wrote: Why not use the character that was added to Unicode precisely for the purpose? Seems like that character needs an annotation, doesn't it? It depends on the annotation policy, which is somewhat unclear to me. The standar

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Michael Everson
On 18 Sep 2010, at 20:23, Asmus Freytag wrote: > Why not use the character that was added to Unicode precisely for the purpose? Seems like that character needs an annotation, doesn't it? Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Asmus Freytag
On 9/18/2010 10:56 AM, Lorna Priest wrote: U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT is semantically ambiguous and has (partly therefore) varying renderings, and it might be used as a replacement for U+2027 if the latter cannot be used reliably. What about using U+02D1 - half triangular colon? Why not use the

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Asmus Freytag
On 9/18/2010 8:36 AM, abysta wrote: Hello. I need a dot to separate words into syllables. What should I use, 00B7 or 2027, and why? 2027 is explicitly intended to be used to show syllables as is done in dictionaries. You don't make it explicit in your query, but it sounds like that is the

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Lorna Priest
U+00B7 MIDDLE DOT is semantically ambiguous and has (partly therefore) varying renderings, and it might be used as a replacement for U+2027 if the latter cannot be used reliably. What about using U+02D1 - half triangular colon?

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Jukka K. Korpela
Michael Everson wrote: On 18 Sep 2010, at 16:36, abysta wrote: I need a dot to separate words into syllables. What should I use, 00B7 or 2027, and why? MIDDLE DOT vs HYPHENATION POINT, eh? I've always assumed the latter functioned as a dot-shaped hyphen. Surely U+2027 HYPHENATION POINT is

Re: 00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread Michael Everson
On 18 Sep 2010, at 16:36, abysta wrote: > I need a dot to separate words into syllables. What should I use, 00B7 or > 2027, and why? MIDDLE DOT vs HYPHENATION POINT, eh? I've always assumed the latter functioned as a dot-shaped hyphen. Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com/

00B7 vs. 2027

2010-09-18 Thread abysta
Hello. I need a dot to separate words into syllables. What should I use, 00B7 or 2027, and why? Thanks!