From: Otto Stolz (Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Mon Feb 03 2003 - 06:05:45 EST
Asmus Freytag had written:
> I have updated my document at http://www.unicode.org/~asmus/what_is_this_character.pdf
...
> I welcome [...] any help anyone could provide in identifying the characters
> or in locating places they are used.
Lukas Pietsch wrote:
> Your F725 Unknown-2, to me, looks like a German SCRIPT CAPITAL S,
> (compare with U+2112;SCRIPT CAPITAL L). Yes, we were taught to write an
> S like this in school. Perhaps it's used somewhere in mathematics?
> Your F7AA Unknown-8 could then be a SCRIPT CAPITAL C.
Cf. the "Ausgangsschrift" tought at German schools, viz.
<http://www.dietschweiler.de/SUETTER/schrift.gif>
(1915 through 1941), and
<http://www.pelikan-lehrerinfo.de/lehrerinfo/shoppix/shopitem151big.gif>
(1953 through now (but there have been more recent alternatives, viz.
shopitem150big.gif, shopitem152big.gif, shopitem155big.gif)).
I am not entirely convinced that "S" and "C" are the intended meanings.
The left-hand stroke of F725 is far too high for a capital S,
and also the position of the left-hand stroke of F7AA does not look
quite right for a "C".
Based on their code positions, I think, the F725 and F7AA characters
are meant as Variants of "d", and "T", respectively.
F725 resembles U+20B0 GERMAN PENNY SIGN, which is probably a script "d",
derived from the Latin word "denarius". (Just add an upstroke on the
left hand of the Verdana PUA character.)
This is not convincing either, I know. Just my 0,02 ¤.
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
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