Re: Preconditions for changing a representative glyph?

On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:43 AM, Andreas Stötzner <as_at_signographie.de>wrote:

>
> Am 29.05.2013 um 17:39 schrieb Leo Broukhis:
>
> In light of recent news about New York adopting a redesigned "handicapped"
> symbol
> …
>
> I'd like to ask: what is supposed to be the trigger condition for the UTC
> to consider changing the representative glyph of
> U+267F WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL ♿
>
>
> Nice for N.Y., but for the UCS this is plain irrelevant. It’s a glyph
> variant, the semantics are just the same.
> We encode characters, not glyphs.
> Every character can get rendered in a myriad of different shapes. I guess
> you know that.
>

I do, that's exactly why I've posed my question in a particular way. :)

Leo
Received on Wed May 29 2013 - 14:15:23 CDT