Re: Smiles, faces, etc

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Sun Feb 17 2002 - 06:29:55 EST


At 20:33 -0800 2002-02-16, Asmus Freytag wrote:
>Whether or not they would get support to be encoded is almost
>irrelevant as long as no-one comes forward and makes a formal
>proposal with solid background information. Only then can this issue
>be settled where it matters: in the UTC.

And WG2.

>Discussions on open lists like this, unless accompanied by formal
>submissions, are simply impotent blather.

Lest it be thought that this is an invitation for throwing together a
quick and dirty proposal, proposers should look at successful
symbol-encoding papers, such as those Asmus and I have written for
recycling symbols. Other proposals for symbols should be as
comprehensive and contain samples, and so on.

-- 
Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com



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