From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Thu Feb 07 2008 - 10:27:21 CST
On Feb 7, 2008, at 3:48 AM, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote:
> Do cellular devices nowadays even support a full BMP? I very much
> doubt it,
> so they will almost always use some optimization scheme or specialized
> encoding. I would need to check GSM specs to see if SMS or MMS has
> anything
> to say about it.
>
My cell phone can handle anything in the BMP for which it has fonts
(and possibly the astral planes, too; I haven't checked them). I
think it's also limited to scripts that don't require complex layout.
(The iPhone guys are very reticent to divulge details like that even
within Apple.)
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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
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