Re: OFL (RE: Code2000 on SourceForge)

2012-02-06 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2012-02-06, Larson, Timothy E. telar...@west.com wrote: FWIW, some of us consider OFL to be non-free (it doesn't allow sale alone), so won't install fonts using it at all. Could you explain this further? This is the first I've heard of this issue. Who was the OP? Anyway, the OFL has a

Re: OFL (RE: Code2000 on SourceForge)

2012-02-06 Thread Julian Bradfield
l...@dashjr.org wrote: On Monday, February 06, 2012 10:22:10 AM Julian Bradfield wrote: Anyway, the OFL has a bizarre quirk that says you're not allowed to sell OFL fonts by themselves. You have to bundle some random program or non-OFL font with them. Since you can charge whatever you like

Re: Code2000 on SourceForge

2012-02-04 Thread Julian Bradfield
FWIW, the messages from James Kass are being posted from an ADSL broadband service in Poland. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Re: Sorting and German (was: Sorting and Volapük)

2012-01-02 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2012-01-01, Michael Everson ever...@evertype.com wrote: So it is. Do you know how to compile system-level sorting algorithms for such a real operating system? No, but if I wanted to I would find out. If MacOS has left the standard-ish Unixy documentation around, man 5 locale should tell

Re: Sorting and German (was: Sorting and Volapük)

2012-01-01 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2012-01-01, Michael Everson ever...@evertype.com wrote: Except that the Mac OS does not offer an Austrian phone-book sort. So I shall have to hope that a Volapük CLDR locale can be produced. I thought MacOS was a real operating system underneath the glitz? So you should be able to define

Re: missing characters: combining marks above runs of more than 2 base letters

2011-11-20 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2011-11-21, Philippe Verdy verd...@wanadoo.fr wrote: I completely disagree that these are presentation details in the example I supplied. This (composition of verses) is an essential part of the classical Latin poem presented, which is really intended to be read orally with a very precise

Re: Continue: Glaring mistake in the code list for South Asian Script / Naena Guru

2011-11-10 Thread Julian Bradfield
I was under the impression that Sarasvati had several weeks ago declared an end to this tedious thread. So why are the regulars still feeding the troll? -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

Re: Quick survey of Apple symbol fonts (in context of the Wingding/Webding proposal)

2011-07-17 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2011-07-15, Michael Everson ever...@evertype.com wrote: On 15 Jul 2011, at 17:03, Doug Ewell wrote: 1. Graphic symbols for control characters are needed so writers can write about the control characters themselves using plain text. This does not seem so unreasonable. The RTL and LTR

Re: Quick survey of Apple symbol fonts (in context of the Wingding/Webding proposal)

2011-07-16 Thread Julian Bradfield
The record mark (IBM GCGID SS95) consists of two horizontal lines crossed by one vertical line. The segment mark (IBM GCGID SS96) consists of three vertical lines crossed by one horizontal line. The group mark (IBM GCGID SS97) consists of three horizontal lines crossed by one

Re: Quick survey of Apple symbol fonts (in context of the Wingding/Webding proposal)

2011-07-15 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2011-07-15, Leo Broukhis l...@mailcom.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 12:04 PM, John W Kennedy jwke...@attglobal.net wrote: Those of us old enough to recall IBM's old 6-bit BCDIC code (a retronym -- it was known as BCD in its own day) will remember the overstricken b/ character used

Re: TeX: insert Unicode character

2010-08-24 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2010-08-24, Raymond Mercier rm...@cam.ac.uk wrote: I am trying to help a colleague who writes an article in LaTeX, and who needs to insert an isolated character U+1212d from the Unicode block. I am not too much familiar with LaTeX myself, but what do I suggest to him ? In principle, find

Re: Indian Rupee Sign (U+20B9) proposal - copyright/licencing issue

2010-07-21 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2010-07-20, Philippe Verdy verd...@wanadoo.fr wrote: After all the European Commission does not claima a copyright on the euro sign, does it? Yes it does ! And not only the copyright is claimed, but also the author's rights (on the original design) is protected, even if the author

Re: Overloading Unicode

2010-06-07 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2010-06-07, William_J_G Overington wjgo_10...@btinternet.com wrote: Spoiling the whole opportunity just because the word virus has been mentioned is very unfair. As has been pointed out on countless (I can't be bothered to count them) occasions, any virus issue is secondary to the issue

Re: Tengwar and Cirth (was: Re: A question about user areas)

2010-06-03 Thread Julian Bradfield
On 2010-06-03, Kenneth Whistler k...@sybase.com wrote: So what it would take for Tengwar and Cirth, is not to continue to wait, but rather for those concerned with their encoding -- and y'all know who you are -- to dig out the proposals, update them, strengthen the documentation Yeah, we

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