Re: Unicode 3.2 Beta Period Finishing

From: Mark Davis \(jtcsv\) (mark.davis@jtcsv.com)
Date: Tue Jan 22 2002 - 12:27:09 EST


Currently, the Coptic characters are treated as extensions to the Greek
script, much as the Urdu characters are treated as extensions to the Arabic
script. So for now, at least, they should be marked as Greek. If the UTC and
SC2 ever disunify the scripts, then the Script property value would need to
change.

As to the technical symbols, would anyone take a stab at listing those
characters that are only ever used as technical symbols, and never as
letters?

Mark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Everson" <everson@evertype.com>
To: <unicore@unicode.org>; <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 05:10
Subject: Re: Unicode 3.2 Beta Period Finishing

> >Regarding
> >
>
><http://www.unicode.org/Public/BETA/Unicode3.2/Scripts-3.2.0d7.txt>Scripts-
3.2.0d7.txt
> >21-Jan-2002 13:57 39k
>
> It says:
> 03D0..03F5 ; GREEK # L& [38] GREEK BETA SYMBOL..GREEK LUNATE EPSILON
SYMBOL
>
> In the first place, 03E2 through 03EF are COPTIC letters, not Greek.
> In the second, some of those letters are technical symbols, not
> letters, so if you are including some of them why not include 03F6?
> --
> Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
>
>



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