Re: encoding for ... Prince

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Thu Aug 15 1996 - 18:02:16 EDT


>
> > we need to add the symbol used for the person "formerly known as Prince".
> > Until we add that character I can't use Unicode to maintain my Music
> database.
>
> Ah yes the person formerly known as Prince... Well, we just use U+FFFD and
> provide a footnote. Can't wait forever for these stuffy standards bodies to
> encode our faves...
>
>

My recommendation would be to use U+FFFC OBJECT REPLACEMENT CHARACTER
for representing in text something as substantial as a former artist.
You could even put the former artist AND a collection of CD's there.

--Ken Whistler



This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Tue Jul 10 2001 - 17:20:31 EDT