Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:03:52 +0200
Thank you for the information. I attach an enlarged part of the scan
which in my eyes shows a specific design at least for the printed text
(maybe inspired by " } ^H | ^H { ").
- Karl
-- Am Dienstag, 26. September 2017 um 15:28 schrieb Jörg Knappen via Unicode: >> I found the character in question on p. 52, it is a picture of >> something handwritten, not a typeset character. "Clearly" means something different to me. >> >> --Jörg Knappen >> >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 26. September 2017 um 15:03 Uhr >> Von: "John W Kennedy via Unicode" <unicode_at_unicode.org> >> An: "Leo Broukhis" <leob_at_mailcom.com>, unicode_at_unicode.org >> Betreff: Re: IBM 1620 invalid character symbol >> I don’t know what your snippet is from, but the normally >> authoritative IBM manual, A26-5706-3, IBM 1620 CPU Model 1 >> (July, 1965) displays what is clearly the Cyrillic letter. >> Whether it should be regarded as that, or as a distinct >> character, is another question. See >> http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/1620/A26-5706-3_IBM_1620_CPU_Model_1_Jul65.pdf >> >> On Sep 26, 2017, at 12:48 AM, Leo Broukhis via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org> wrote: >> >> Wikipedia >> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620#Invalid_character) >> describes the "invalid character" symbol (see attachment) as a >> Cyrillic Ж which it obviously is not. >> >> But what is it? Does it deserve encoding, or is it a glyph >> variation of an existing codepoint? >> >> The question is somewhat prompted by >> 2BFF >> 1 HELLSCHREIBER PAUSE SYMBOL >> >> in the pipeline, although I learned about both earlier today >> within a few minutes of one another. >> >> Thanks, >> Leo >> >> >> <invalid.jpeg>
