RE: On the possibility of encoding webdings in Unicode (from Re: square bullets added to unicode.)

From: William_J_G Overington (wjgo_10009@btinternet.com)
Date: Wed Jan 26 2011 - 13:27:28 CST

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    On Wednesday, 26 January 2011, Doug Ewell <doug@ewellic.org> wrote:
     
    > I would assume all of the characters in these four sets, even the more detailed drawings in Webdings like the park, would be treated for encoding purposes as abstract symbols, just like the emoji.  For example, the cat encoded at 0xF6 in Webdings might not necessarily be sitting up or facing right.
     
    I suppose it depends upon how it would be encoded.
     
    For example,
     
    U+1XXXX DOMESTIC CAT
     
    or
     
    U+1XXXX DOMESTIC CAT SITTING UP AND FACING RIGHT
     
    William Overington
     
    26 January 2011
     

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