Re: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-30 Thread Hans Åberg via Unicode
> On 30 Apr 2019, at 04:32, Mark E. Shoulson via Unicode > wrote: > > On 4/29/19 3:34 PM, Doug Ewell via Unicode wrote: >> Hans Åberg wrote: >> >>> The guy who made the artwork for Heroes is completely color-blind, >>> seeing only in a grayscale, so they agreed he coded the colors in >>>

Re: acute-macron hybrid?

2019-04-30 Thread James Tauber via Unicode
I don't think this is anything more than a macron stylised a particular way in this typeface. All the transcriptions I've seen of Bosworth-Toller use a macron. James On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 10:43 AM Julian Bradfield via Unicode < unicode@unicode.org> wrote: > The celebrated Bosworth-Toller

Aw: acute-macron hybrid?

2019-04-30 Thread Jörg Knappen
Does it also contrast with a circumflex? Historically, circumflexes were quite flexible in their graphical representation.   --Jörg Knappen   Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. April 2019 um 09:45 Uhr Von: "Julian Bradfield via Unicode" An: unicode@unicode.org Betreff: acute-macron hybrid? The

Re: acute-macron hybrid?

2019-04-30 Thread Ken Whistler via Unicode
On 4/30/2019 12:45 AM, Julian Bradfield via Unicode wrote: What is its appropriate Unicode representation? A macron. --Ken

acute-macron hybrid?

2019-04-30 Thread Julian Bradfield via Unicode
The celebrated Bosworth-Toller dictionary of Anglo-Saxon uses a curious diacritic to mark long vowels. It may be described as a long shallow acute with a small down-tick at the right. It contrasts with an acute (quite steep in this typeface) used to mark accented short vowels. Both can be seen in