Category of "Mathematic Alphanumeric Symbols" (was: "Re: Bantu click letters")

From: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Thu Jun 10 2004 - 11:33:26 CDT

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    On 2004.06.10, 11:47, Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> answered:

    >> Why wouldn't U+1D4AC MATHEMATICAL SCRIPT CAPITAL Q work for the
    >> script capital Q? At the very least I feel that should be
    >> explained.
    >
    > It was understood that the mathematical symbols were not to be used
    > in language text.

    I though the very same, but U+1D4AC's category is simply "Lu [Letter,
    Uppercase]". In fact all math symbols of the 1D400-1D7FF block are
    simply Lu or Ll (or Nd) and "can" be used as letters; I have somehow
    asumed otherwise.

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