From: Peter_Constable@sil.org
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 01:56:06 EDT
Philippe Verdy wrote on 06/24/2003 04:54:30 AM:
> This symbol [fleur-de-lis] is commonly found and used in some printed
books,
> sometimes as a bullet-like character, but most often to terminate a
> chapter or add "fioritures" near a title
Well, such examples are better than a sample showing a description of the
symbol and its significance. But bullets and flourishes aren't necessarily
candidates for encoding in the UCS. There are an endless number of
possible flourishes.
> often used in patterns of
> 3 symbols
If the bullet / flourish is a set of 3 f-d-l in an inverted triangular
pattern, someone would have to be proposing that combination as a
distinct, atomic character.
> royalists, when opponsed to the later Emperor supporters which used
> the Eagle, and the Republicans using branches of chest and olivetrees).
So, I suppose these are going to be proposed, too.
> A similar, culturally linked symbol is the "ermine spot", shortly
> "ermine"
And the lion, and the gryffen, and the dragon, and...
> The ermine spot seems to be found and used in
> various places, including modern book publications within text,
> where it is not only considered "decorative" but linked to a strong
> Breton reference.
Create a doc with samples.
- Peter
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