Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-20 Thread Andrew C. West
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:27:09 -0800 (PST), Kenneth Whistler wrote: Of the 64 entities listed on the page: http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/calligraphy/eightstroke.asp *none* of them are encoded, and *none* of them are standard enough to merit consideration -- if by consideration you mean

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-20 Thread Frank Yung-Fong Tang
As a native Chinese person. I believe 1. The so called eight basic stroke is very standard in concept. But that is only 8. 2. They list 8 different varients for each of the 8 basic stroke. But if you read that page carefully, it does not mean that there are only 8 variants for each stroke,

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-20 Thread Michael Everson
At 18:27 -0800 2004-02-19, Kenneth Whistler wrote: If you want to know how many stroke types there really are and how their forms are modified in context in various Chinese characters, you should consult with Tom Bishop and Richard Cook, who have an extensive catalog of basic stroke types and

Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-19 Thread tim
Hi All: Are there codes available for each standard individual Chinese brushstroke? I have been unable to determine whether there are codes available for individual Chinese brushstrokes. I think that some individual brushstrokes have codes in the published Unicode scheme

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-19 Thread John Jenkins
As a rule, no. Strokes are fragments of characters, not characters in their own right. There are some Chinese strokes encoded for various reasons, but there is no intention of ever providing an exhaustive catalog of strokes. On Feb 19, 2004, at 12:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-19 Thread Michael Everson
At 14:14 -0800 2004-02-19, John Jenkins wrote: As a rule, no. Strokes are fragments of characters, not characters in their own right. There are some Chinese strokes encoded for various reasons, but there is no intention of ever providing an exhaustive catalog of strokes. But of the 64

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-19 Thread Kenneth Whistler
Michael Everson asked: At 14:14 -0800 2004-02-19, John Jenkins wrote: As a rule, no. Strokes are fragments of characters, not characters in their own right. There are some Chinese strokes encoded for various reasons, but there is no intention of ever providing an exhaustive catalog of