Re: More additional Greek (and Hebrew) characters needed for proposal

http://www.unicode.org/faq/char_combmark.html#9 and following.

Mark <https://plus.google.com/114199149796022210033>
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On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Robert Wheelock <rwhlk142_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello again, y’all!
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> I’ve got quite a few characters (currently missing) that DO need proposal
> for inclusion! I typed up a document (for the new Fontboard polytonic
> Greek/Coptic keyboard layouts) that list the Unicode hexidecimal numerical
> values for the polytonic/monotonic Greek precomposed characters, and found
> out that (at least) 17 vowel/accent combos are still missing:
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> H-C IOTA and UPSILON with both DIALYTIKA and ACCENTS (8 precomposed
> characters)
> H-C ALPHA, ĒTA, and ŌMEGA with both PROSGEGRAMMENĒ and ACCENTS (9
> precomposed characters).
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> Besides those, there’re accented consonants that also need encoding—ZĒTA
> and SIGMA with DIALYTIKA (H-C/L-C), GAMMA with TILDAS, GAMMA; KAPPA; and
> KHI with OVERDOT, KAPPA; PI; TAU with TILDAS, LAMBDA; MU; NU with both
> PSILI and DASEIA, LAMBDA; MU; NU; and RHŌ with UNDERRING, ... .
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> As far as Hebrew is concerned, we NEED these new characters encoded:
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> WAW with a TRUE SHURUQ (the inner dot positioned a bit higher than a
> DAGHESH or a MAPPIQ)
> The same (above mentioned) WAW-TRUE SHURUQ with a DAGHESH added
> WAW with both a ḪOLAM atop and a DAGHESH inside
> Doubly-pointed SHIN letters—a plain one + one with a DAGHESH added
> MEM SOFITH with a right-positioned ḪIRIQ
> ḪAṬAFOTH vowel points—each with SILLUQ/METHEGH interjected within
> KHAF SOFITH and FEʾ SOFITH with RAFEH (especially for Yiddish)
> GHIMEL; DHALETH; and THAW with RAFEH
> CHIMEL; ĹAMEDH; and ÑUN with VARIQAʾ (especially for Ladino)
> BENT LAMEDH—plain, with ḪOLAM, with DAGHESH, and with both DAGHESH + ḪOLAM
> YUDH-WAW ligature
> GALGAL HAFUKH accent (especially for Yiddish)
> GIMEL; DALETH; ZAYIN; ṬETH; LAMEDH; NUN; SAMEKH; ʿAYIN; and REʾSH with
> GALGAL HAFUKH (for Yiddish palatal consonanats and the /e/ vowel sound)
> An assortment of letters with top dot configurations—single, double
> horizontal, triple up-triangular, and quadruple squared—for the typography
> required for miscellaneous Jewish languages, as these top-dotted letters
> are intended to imitate the ʾIJAM dots in the corresponding Arabic letters
> The Palestinian, Babylonian, and Yemenite systems of vowel pointing and
> cantillation.
>
> Please find the .PDF document on the polytonic Greek character codepoint
> listings; I’ll need to finish—and publish—a similar publication for Hebrew
> characters. Thank You!
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Received on Sat Sep 21 2013 - 13:36:54 CDT