From: Raymond Mercier (raymondM@compuserve.com)
Date: Wed Aug 27 2003 - 16:32:24 EDT
John,
I am glad to hear from you. I shall do what I can to get a proposal
together.
Raymond
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>
To: "Raymond Mercier" <raymondM@compuserve.com>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: TLG and Beta code
>
> At 05:37 AM 8/27/2003, Raymond Mercier wrote:
>
> >I know this is common in the TLG, but as you say, they assume it is just
> >omicron (an assumption repeated in a message just received from them).
> >But, I am trying to get across that that is wrong: it represents neither
> >papyri nor Byzantine MSS.
>
> ...
>
> >So is there not a good reason to treat this as a distinct character, to
be
> >assigned to a Unicode codepoint ?
>
> Raymond, based on what you have said, I would agree. A variety of visual
> representations, clearly distinct from the omicron as formed in the same
> documents, suggests a separate character. Would you be able to write up a
> proposal to encode such a character, or at least an informational document
> including illustrations of different forms of the Greek zero, preferably
in
> proximity to differently formed omicrons? Nothing is going to happen
unless
> the UTC receive such a document, and you sound like the best person to
> prepare one.
>
> John Hudson
>
> Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
> Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
>
> You need a good operator to make type. If it were a
> DIY affair the caster would only run for about five
> minutes before the DIYer burned his butt off.
> - Jim Rimmer
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>
To: "Raymond Mercier" <raymondM@compuserve.com>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: TLG and Beta code
>
> At 05:37 AM 8/27/2003, Raymond Mercier wrote:
>
> >I know this is common in the TLG, but as you say, they assume it is just
> >omicron (an assumption repeated in a message just received from them).
> >But, I am trying to get across that that is wrong: it represents neither
> >papyri nor Byzantine MSS.
>
> ...
>
> >So is there not a good reason to treat this as a distinct character, to
be
> >assigned to a Unicode codepoint ?
>
> Raymond, based on what you have said, I would agree. A variety of visual
> representations, clearly distinct from the omicron as formed in the same
> documents, suggests a separate character. Would you be able to write up a
> proposal to encode such a character, or at least an informational document
> including illustrations of different forms of the Greek zero, preferably
in
> proximity to differently formed omicrons? Nothing is going to happen
unless
> the UTC receive such a document, and you sound like the best person to
> prepare one.
>
> John Hudson
>
> Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
> Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
>
> You need a good operator to make type. If it were a
> DIY affair the caster would only run for about five
> minutes before the DIYer burned his butt off.
> - Jim Rimmer
>
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