On 3 Apr 2017, at 20:58, Asmus Freytag <asm...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > On 4/3/2017 12:33 PM, Richard Wordingham wrote: >> If the variation selectors are ignored, these simplify to: >> >> white square >> hatched square >> specific piece >> >> This preserves all the information; the pattern of squares is known in >> advance and therefore redundant. >> > This assumes that you always show the full board.
True, and see the two short examples at the top of page 5 of the proposal, and see the 12×12 board in Figure 5. > Under that assumption, you are correct. > > The variation selectors would then not needed, even, in the text: style > markup could supply them in all cases where the data isn't raw text. What style markup? Nothing is defined; nothing is portable. If we use VS and put the burden on the font, we actually do the same thing that traditional lead-type setters did. > They would essentially only live in the data stream to the rendering engine, > to force glyph selection, but not need to be part of the text. > > Interesting, Not entirely sure I follow, but… well, I like the proposal best because it is robust, easy to learn, and easy to use. Michael Everson
