Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 13:25:02 -0700
Makes sense. But it doesn't seem like we need any new symbols. I think one
of these should do for hard and extra-hard slopes:
http://unicode.org/cldr/utility/list-unicodeset.jsp?a=%5B%3Aname%3D%2FDIAMOND%2F%3A%5D&g=
Also, I'm not at all against making use of the actual [image: 🐇]we have. I
will not hold my breath for a combining rabbit symbol though.
↪ Shervin
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Philippe Verdy <verdy_p_at_wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> I saif it: there's no symbol in Europe for pistes, just colors. The
> American "Bunny hill" maps to "green" pistes in Europe.
> (the European piste colors are used also for drawing their ways on maps,
> not just found in signages).
> Piste signs are typically all the same shape in the same station (most
> often discs) and the text on it (if present) shows the name or number of
> the piste in the station, or just an arrow showing the direction to follow.
>
> 2015-05-28 22:11 GMT+02:00 Shervin Afshar <shervinafshar_at_gmail.com>:
>
>> Well...to pick the nit, these shapes are rhombi; known colloquially as
>> "diamonds".
>>
>> So what's the symbol for "bunny hill" in Europe?
>>
>> ↪ Shervin
>>
>> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 1:03 PM, Philippe Verdy <verdy_p_at_wanadoo.fr>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Well also these symbols, if you want (these are not really "diamonds"),
>>> but the wordpress page forgets the "bunny hill". It starts only with the
>>> green circle (in fact a black disc colored in green) which maps to blue
>>> pistes in Europe.
>>>
>>> 2015-05-28 21:59 GMT+02:00 Shervin Afshar <shervinafshar_at_gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>> Single and double diamond?
>>>>
>>>> https://bbliss176.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/symbols2_jpg.jpg
>>>>
>>>> http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2Rc9ifOGLYg/TO5fF0XNTSI/AAAAAAAAIxE/RJPvVDD6gLM/s1600/caution-double-black-diamond.jpg
>>>>
>>>> http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/double-black-diamond-sign-legend-ski-slopes-map-40955860.jpg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ↪ Shervin
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 12:46 PM, Philippe Verdy <verdy_p_at_wanadoo.fr>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a symbol that can represent the "Bunny hill" symbol used in
>>>>> North America and some other American territories with mountains, to
>>>>> designate the ski pistes open to novice skiers (those pistes are signaled
>>>>> with green signs in Europe).
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm looking for the symbol itself, not the color, or the form of the
>>>>> sign.
>>>>>
>>>>> For example blue pistes in Europe are designed with a green circle in
>>>>> America, but we have a symbol for the circle; red pistes in Europe are
>>>>> signaled by a blue square in America, but we have a symbol for the square;
>>>>> black pistes in Europe are signaled by a black diamond in America, but we
>>>>> also have such "black" diamond in Unicode.
>>>>>
>>>>> But I can't find an equivalent to the American "Bunny hill" signal,
>>>>> equivalent to green pistes in Europe (this is a problem for webpages
>>>>> related to skiing: do we have to embed an image ?).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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