Re: Superscript asterisk

From: Kenneth Whistler (kenw@sybase.com)
Date: Fri Jul 02 1999 - 20:12:03 EDT


John noted:

>
> I think this is a weak point. The W3C character model draft is already
> talking about prohibiting the U+206? codes within W3C-blessed text.
> Nothing requires fancy text to use *all* the Unicode characters,
> especially not the Cf ones.

Actually, the U+206? codes are formally deprecated within the
Unicode Standard itself. Nothing requires *plain* text to use *all*
the Unicode characters, either. In fact, we'd all be better off
if nobody used these particular characters for anything!

--Ken

>
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