Re: Tengwar added to Plane1 Unicode Demo Page

From: Tex Texin (texin@progress.com)
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 13:17:28 EST


My (I18nguy) plane 1 example page will be updated shortly.
tex

James Kass wrote:
>
> Thanks to the many people who have taken the time to offer comments
> and suggestions both on and off this list, we've arrived at a consensus
> which we believe will satisfy the needs of implementers and
> experimenters without violating any protocols.
>
> This is what has been done:
>
> The font Code2001 has been revised and as before contains a number of
> scripts for experimental purposes. Those which have been approved by
> Unicode in Plane One are, of course, at at their designated codepoints.
> Those which have not, including Tengwar and Cirth, are now encoded
> in Plane 15 and, if they have been so proposed, in the BMP PUA.
>
> Existing test pages for provisional scripts have been revised.
>
> Since Plane Fifteen codepoints are GUARANTEED not to be the final, official
> encoding positions, it is hoped that when this is clearly indicated there will
> be no confusion.
>
> the font:
> http://home.att.net/~jameskass/CODE2001.ZIP
>
> some test pages:
> http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/oring.html
> http://homepage.mac.com/thgewecke/cirth.html
> http://www.geocities.com/i18nguy/unicode-example-plane1.html
> http://home.att.net/~jameskass/cirthtest.htm
> http://home.att.net/~jameskass/tengwartest.htm
>
> Comments are welcome.
>
> Best regards,
>
> James Kass, sending this letter which was written by:
>
> Tom Gewecke,
> James Kass,
> and Tex Texin.
>
> Beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tex Texin" <texin@progress.com>
> To: "Unicoders" <unicode@unicode.org>; "James Kass" <jameskass@worldnet.att.net>; "Tom Gewecke" <tom@bluesky.org>; "Tex Texin"
> <texin@progress.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 9:46 AM
> Subject: Re: Tengwar added to Plane1 Unicode Demo Page
>
> > Thanks for all the comments on Tengwar. James, Tom and I have been
> > discussing the mails offlist and deciding what the fix will be. I don't
> > think we need further comments on the appropriateness of including it in
> > what is billed as a Unicode demo page. I'll get back to you with the
> > plan to address it. It is taking a little while longer than you might
> > expect, as I have some other commitments (my day job).
> >
> > As for the discussion of which languages a Hobbit can read and write,
> > and what script they would use, it seems to me that would be a great
> > paper for IUC21 if someone is up to it.
> >
> > Regards,
> > tex
> > --
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> > Tex Texin Director, International Business
> > mailto:Texin@Progress.com Tel: +1-781-280-4271
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> > For a compelling demonstration for Unicode:
> > http://www.geocities.com/i18nguy/unicode-example.html
> >
> >

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For a compelling demonstration for Unicode:
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