From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Thu Jan 25 2007 - 16:42:30 CST
On Jan 25, 2007, at 2:13 PM, Ruszlan Gaszanov wrote:
> Or, let's take all those spacing/combining subscript/superscript
> forms and so-called "mathematical alphabets" - couldn't the same
> thing have been accomplished by specific VS? No, UTC can't afford to
> "garbage" codespace with useful characters like "Apple" and
> "Windows" logos (which are not just trademarks, but also important
> references to keyboard keys and GUI elements), but it has no problem
> with allocating a wagonload of codepoints for things that can be
> easily done by existing mechanisms.
>
<http://www.unicode.org/faq/basic_q.html#19>
I should point out also that corporate logos are copyrighted artwork
and there are legal restrictions on their use. Apple, for example,
discourages the presence of the Apple logo in fonts other than our own
and the use of the logo except in Apple-produced products.
> Then there are ligatures.
>
I assume you know that ZWJ and ZWNJ are already defined as having the
use such as you describe. I assume you therefore also know that the
ligatures which are in Unicode right now are there mostly for round-
trip compatibility. (And I should also point out that using ZWJ and
ZWNJ to control ligation gives typographers the heebie-jeebies.)
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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
jhjenkins@mac.com
http://homepage.mac.com/jhjenkins/
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