Re: Stix beta fonts released

From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Oct 31 2007 - 22:24:12 CST

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    On 10/31/2007 4:26 PM, James Kass wrote:
    > Download, un-ZIP, and install font(s).
    >
    > BabelPad has a sophisticated font analysis tool which can,
    > among other things, copy all the characters from a selected
    > font to the clipboard. Pasting that into a new plain text
    > file lists the characters by code point, font glyph, and
    > Unicode name.
    >
    That's why I suggested that you use Unibook which allows you to (manually)
    load the latest and greatest Unicode nameslist from
    http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/

    You will find that all of these are coming in 5.1!

    Cheers,
    A./

    PS: a similar list can be made with Unibook as well.
    > I have tried this with the general font, and it looks like
    > there are some mappings which aren't yet official:
    >
    > (partial listing follows)
    > U+2B18 ⬘ DIAMOND WITH TOP HALF BLACK
    > U+2B19 ⬙ DIAMOND WITH BOTTOM HALF BLACK
    > U+2B1A ⬚ DOTTED SQUARE
    > U+2B1B ⬛ <reserved>
    > U+2B1C ⬜ <reserved>
    > U+2B1D ⬝ <reserved>
    > U+2B1E ⬞ <reserved>
    > U+2B1F ⬟ <reserved>
    > U+2B20 ⬠ WHITE PENTAGON
    > U+2B21 ⬡ WHITE HEXAGON
    > U+2B22 ⬢ BLACK HEXAGON
    > U+2B23 ⬣ HORIZONTAL BLACK HEXAGON
    > U+2B24 ⬤ <reserved>
    > U+2B25 ⬥ <reserved>
    > U+2B26 ⬦ <reserved>
    > U+2B27 ⬧ <reserved>
    > .
    >
    >
    >
    >



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