Re: Tag characters and in-line graphics (from Tag characters)

From: William_J_G Overington <wjgo_10009_at_btinternet.com>
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 10:22:34 +0100 (BST)

Responding to Leo Broukhis:

> A more common occurrence is the need to include a non-standard character in a text message, be it a ski piste symbol or an obscure CJK ideogram. Have you thought of embedding TrueType in Unicode?

Not congruently so, yet, in effect, yes, as I have considered including individual OpenType-compatible glyphs in a base character followed by tag characters format. OpenType is a development from TrueType that can achieve more than can TrueType on its own.

There is a little about this in the last two paragraphs of the following post.

http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/y2015-m05/0218.html

There would need to be a few additions to make if work effectively: for example, a value for each of advance width, ascent maximum, descent maximum and fontunits per em.

William Overington

30 May 2015
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