From: Tjebbe van Tijen (tjebbe@imaginarymuseum.org)
Date: Fri May 16 2008 - 10:16:59 CDT
The regularity of the Unicode grid as expressed in its code charts
with its 16 rows and a fixed number of columns for each code block
has been a 'marvel' to me, till today when I discovered that also
this rule has its exceptions:
- some of the CJK code blocks that have more than 1 chart can have a
lesser number of columns for the last code chart
Like: 2F800 > 2FA1F CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement
which has 12 columns for the first 2/3 charts and 11 columns for the
last chard
This exception seems not to occur with the non CJK code charts.
Just out of curiosity - because I am studying what could be called
the "spatial architecture of the Unicode" -
why is it that this in my view useful/nice regularity has its
exceptions?
NB I discovered it because I added a simple calculation to my Unicode
table of Unicode blocks
(codepoints/16) / ceiling(codepoints/256)
Tjebbe van Tijen
Imaginary Museum Projects
Dramatizing Historical Information
http://imaginarymuseum.org
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