Re: ISO 15924 and Unicode

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Mon May 03 2004 - 12:57:18 CDT


At 08:40 -0700 2004-05-03, Doug Ewell wrote:
> >
>>> Speaking of which, I'm still not happy with the silent change in the
>>> Unicode interpretation, introduced in version 4.0.1, of the 15924
>>> code "Hrkt":
>>>
>>> Old meaning: Hiragana AND Katakana; text contains characters from
>>> both syllabaries.
>>> New meaning: Hiragana OR Katakana; text contains specific modifier
>>> letters that could apply to either syllabary.
>>
>> Is this an issue for the UTC or for the 15924/RA?
>
>Probably both, depending on whose meaning is deemed to be "correct."
>The two clearly conflict with each other as it stands.

Please file the query according to the rules on the ISO 15924 website, then.

-- 
Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com


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