From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@icu-project.org)
Date: Wed Jan 07 2009 - 13:58:41 CST
Note that you can see a larger image with "View Image" in your browser also,
such as:
http://www.unicode.org/~scherer/emoji4unicode/fontimg/AEmoji_E008.png
Please send any specific feedback on names / images you have to the
emoji4unicode list so that we can track it.
Mark
On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:53, Markus Scherer <markus.icu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Roberts, Gary <Gary.Roberts@teradata.com>wrote:
>
>> I don't like colours in character names unless I understand the
>> reasoning (for example, I have no issues with RED DRAGON). The only example
>> I caught that I do not understand is GREEN EARTH. Perhaps EARTH VIEWED FROM
>> SPACE.
>>
>
> Rick also commented on this name. We will rename e-039 GREEN EARTH to just
> EARTH.
> See http://code.google.com/p/emoji4unicode/issues/detail?id=52
>
> Font:
>>
>> The font looks pixel based (not surprising given the history of the
>> encoded symbols). I think it needs to be line based. I particularly object
>> to pixel based shading being used.
>>
>
> The font is an outline font, but the chart uses font images (.png files)
> generated from the font's glyphs, to avoid having everyone download the
> font.
>
> I would prefer the font to look more symbol like, and less picture like.
>> There is too much detail for me in this font. For example, I prefer the
>> DoCoMo #172 glyph to the proposed e-008 glyph, although I think I would
>> prefer not to have a black background (Maybe a white cresent moon with stars
>> similar to the one in your porposed glyph, and no buildiings.). I understand
>> that what I am asking for would be a lot of work, but I figure it doesn't
>> hurt to ask.
>>
>
> I will note it as an issue. Personally, I don't care much about the
> particular shapes as long as they are representative. The glyphs we have
> were designed by someone (or some team) at Apple.
>
> Hearts:
>>
>> Not sure about all these hearts, particularly distinctions between e-B13 -
>> e-B16 Is there any semantics associated with the colour differences? Given
>> the DoCoMo 'unification' of these, this appears to be a candidate for
>> variant selectors.
>>
>
> Both KDDI and SoftBank distinguish these, and we apply the source
> separation rule.
>
> Source seperation rule:
>>
>> I think we should use variant selectors instead of encoding duplicate
>> characters.
>>
>
> That's still source separation, it just pushes the encoding of such
> characters from separate code points to separate registered variation
> sequences, which is a more complicated mechanism and not usually done for
> Unicode symbols.
>
> Best regards,
> markus
>
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