http://www.unicode.org/faq/char_combmark.html#9 and following.
Mark <https://plus.google.com/114199149796022210033> * * *— Il meglio è l’inimico del bene —* ** On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Robert Wheelock <rwhlk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello again, y’all! > > I’ve got quite a few characters (currently missing) that DO need proposal > for inclusion! I typed up a document (for the new Fontboard polytonic > Greek/Coptic keyboard layouts) that list the Unicode hexidecimal numerical > values for the polytonic/monotonic Greek precomposed characters, and found > out that (at least) 17 vowel/accent combos are still missing: > > H-C IOTA and UPSILON with both DIALYTIKA and ACCENTS (8 precomposed > characters) > H-C ALPHA, ĒTA, and ŌMEGA with both PROSGEGRAMMENĒ and ACCENTS (9 > precomposed characters). > > Besides those, there’re accented consonants that also need encoding—ZĒTA > and SIGMA with DIALYTIKA (H-C/L-C), GAMMA with TILDAS, GAMMA; KAPPA; and > KHI with OVERDOT, KAPPA; PI; TAU with TILDAS, LAMBDA; MU; NU with both > PSILI and DASEIA, LAMBDA; MU; NU; and RHŌ with UNDERRING, ... . > > As far as Hebrew is concerned, we NEED these new characters encoded: > > WAW with a TRUE SHURUQ (the inner dot positioned a bit higher than a > DAGHESH or a MAPPIQ) > The same (above mentioned) WAW-TRUE SHURUQ with a DAGHESH added > WAW with both a ḪOLAM atop and a DAGHESH inside > Doubly-pointed SHIN letters—a plain one + one with a DAGHESH added > MEM SOFITH with a right-positioned ḪIRIQ > ḪAṬAFOTH vowel points—each with SILLUQ/METHEGH interjected within > KHAF SOFITH and FEʾ SOFITH with RAFEH (especially for Yiddish) > GHIMEL; DHALETH; and THAW with RAFEH > CHIMEL; ĹAMEDH; and ÑUN with VARIQAʾ (especially for Ladino) > BENT LAMEDH—plain, with ḪOLAM, with DAGHESH, and with both DAGHESH + ḪOLAM > YUDH-WAW ligature > GALGAL HAFUKH accent (especially for Yiddish) > GIMEL; DALETH; ZAYIN; ṬETH; LAMEDH; NUN; SAMEKH; ʿAYIN; and REʾSH with > GALGAL HAFUKH (for Yiddish palatal consonanats and the /e/ vowel sound) > An assortment of letters with top dot configurations—single, double > horizontal, triple up-triangular, and quadruple squared—for the typography > required for miscellaneous Jewish languages, as these top-dotted letters > are intended to imitate the ʾIJAM dots in the corresponding Arabic letters > The Palestinian, Babylonian, and Yemenite systems of vowel pointing and > cantillation. > > Please find the .PDF document on the polytonic Greek character codepoint > listings; I’ll need to finish—and publish—a similar publication for Hebrew > characters. Thank You! > > >