On Tue, 4 Apr 2017 00:30:30 +0100 Michael Everson <ever...@evertype.com> wrote:
> On 3 Apr 2017, at 23:07, Asmus Freytag (c) <asm...@ix.netcom.com> > wrote: > You want WHITE CHESS KNIGHT, and WHITE CHESS KNIGHT ON SQUARE, and > use a VS that changes the colour of the square? That is less legible > in plain text than my proposal. Not as good. Detrimental to the user > indeed. No, he wants two characters WHITE CHESS KNIGHT and WHITE CHESS KNIGHT ON DARK BACKGROUND, and a variation selector, say VS2, that when applied to them yields a glyph that works with block elements. It might be simpler if WHITE CHESS KNIGHT ON DARK BACKGROUND was defined as a character that worked with block elements. > Then you’re still stuck for a solution for non-em-square characters > for inline text. No, WHITE CHESS KNIGHT should continue to fulfil that role. My only worry is that one might need a variation selector, say VS1, to force the choice of a suitable glyph. Richard.
