Re: Private Use Area

From: Rick McGowan (rick@unicode.org)
Date: Fri Apr 25 2003 - 12:18:52 EDT

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Regarding use of a reserved codepoint, N. R. Liwal wrote:

> Yes, but I think U+20AF was not assigned in Unicode
> version 2.0 at the time we were working on our Fonts.

However that is, and always has been, a non-conformant practice. It is
proper to use the private use area. It is never OK to just pick a reserved
codepoint and assume that you can use it for whatever you like. That
practice is non-conformant and causes long-term problems: some people may
now transmit data using that codepoint thinking it is Afghani sign, but
everyone else in the world will receive a Drachma sign.

Rick

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