Rick McGowan <rick at unicode dot org> wrote: > In section 1.1, page 3: > > *Note, however, that the Unicode Standard does not encode > idiosyncratic, personal, novel, or private-use characters, nor does it > encode logos or graphics.*
Is there a statement anywhere about entities that aren't characters in any sense, other than having an arbitrary glyph assigned to them in a font somewhere? What about encoding things on speculation of future use, without a clear indication of imminent adoption -- the criterion applied to the euro sign, and more recently to emoji? > I'm not sure UTC has ever made any specific pronouncement on the > topic, but they do sometimes add things to the notice of non-approvals, which > can generally be taken as a precedent. Unfortunately for those hoping for a definitive statement, even non-approvals are occasionally overturned; U+1E9E LATIN CAPITAL LETTER SHARP S leaps to mind. Evidently nothing short of a specific pronouncement on this specific topic will suffice. -- Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸