Re: UniCharacter (Re: Codes for codes for codes for... (RE: Chromatic font research))

From: James H. Cloos Jr. (cloos@jhcloos.com)
Date: Fri Jun 28 2002 - 12:27:20 EDT


>>>>> "Rick" == Rick McGowan <rick@unicode.org> writes:

Tex> Lends a whole new meaning to unification! The single character
Tex> encoding, UniCharacter!. Just color what you need.

Rick> Yeah! I like Tex's suggestion.

Rick> The only question that remains is, "how much resolution is
Rick> enough"? I think if we have 512x512 bytes for 256x256 resolution
Rick> at 16-bits/pixel for color, that ought to be enough resolution
Rick> to satisfy anyone.

How about a 2k x 2k grid filled with coloured curves, rather than a
bitmap. There could even be a fancy programming language to make sure
things look right on any display....

Oh. Yes. Right.

-JimC

For the humour impaired: :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

ObUnicode: U+?????? SMILING FACE WITH TONGUE FIRMLY IMPLANTED IN CHEEK



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