Re: Awful Unicode character names (was Re: I-Ching Hexagrams)

From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 11:30:33 EDT

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    unicode-bounce@unicode.org wrote on 04/09/2003 09:02:09 AM:

    > On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Rick McGowan wrote:
    >
    > > What are your favorites? Let's make a list for the FAQ! :-)
    >
    > U+262B FARSI SYMBOL that actually appears on my passport (Michael, Ken,
    > Asmus and Cathy saw it in Tokyo).
    >
    > Neither Farsi, nor a symbol. In real life, it is the official emblem of
    > the goverment of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

    You mean, it's a logo? It shouldn't have been considered a candidate for
    encoding, then! :-)

    - Peter

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