Re: hPhags-pa Proposal

From: Peter Lofting (lofting@apple.com)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 23:30:09 EDT

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    Hi Andrew,

    There's a seal script font on a font download site at
    http://www.dafont.com/theme.php?cat=603&page=2ip

    Called Kakuji 1 by Ayumi Takeshima which contains 62 glyphs

    You may want to check if any are new glyphs of relevance to your proposal.

    Peter

    At 9:31 AM -0700 6/30/03, Andrew C. West wrote:
    >I have made available for consultation a draft proposal for the
    >encoding of the
    >'Phags-pa or hPhags-pa script (mainly used for writing Chinese and Mongolian
    >during the 13th and 14th centuries) at :
    >
    >uk.geocities.com/BabelStone1357/hPhags-pa/N2352.html
    >
    >A set of additional pages relating to the 'Phags-pa script is also
    >available at :
    >
    >uk.geocities.com/BabelStone1357/hPhags-pa/index.html
    >
    >Comments and criticism would be welcome. I am especially interested in hearing
    >from any of the Tibetan experts on this list who may be familiar with recent
    >Tibetan usage of the 'Phags-pa script.
    >
    >Andrew
    >
    >(My apologies for the large size of the proposal. If anyone has difficulty
    >accessing it, a zip of all the files is available on request.)



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