Re: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-05-02 Thread Asmus Freytag via Unicode
On 5/2/2019 8:44 AM, J Andrew Lipscomb via Unicode wrote: Why not just use U+25E4 and U+25E2 for the triangles, and U+2215 for the diagonal? Why not wait for evidence of that scheme being used in text. Then we know. A./

Re: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-05-02 Thread J Andrew Lipscomb via Unicode
Why not just use U+25E4 and U+25E2 for the triangles, and U+2215 for the diagonal?

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2019-05-01 Thread Marius Spix via Unicode
Unicode characters are already using a technique called hatching.   For example LARGE RED CIRCLE (U+1F534) has thin vertical stripes, which is recognized as red.   See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)   Gesendet: Dienstag, 30. April 2019 um 21:17 Uhr Von: "Hans Åberg

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: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-29 Thread Mark E. Shoulson via Unicode
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 black and white, and then that was replaced with colors. Did he use this particular

Re: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-29 Thread Hans Åberg via Unicode
> On 29 Apr 2019, at 21:34, Doug Ewell 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 >> black and white, and then that was replaced with colors. > > Did he use this

RE: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-29 Thread Tom Moore via Unicode
Maybe I'm not seeing something, but it looks like the implementation of the (otherwise interesting) idea is potentially flawed. They seem to use the same shape for both red and blue. It is just rotated. That could cause a lot of confusion. -Original Message- From: Unicode On

RE: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-29 Thread Doug Ewell via Unicode
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 > black and white, and then that was replaced with colors. Did he use this particular scheme? That is something I would expect to see on

Re: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-29 Thread Hans Åberg via Unicode
> On 29 Apr 2019, at 20:02, Doug Ewell via Unicode wrote: > > Philippe Verdy wrote: > >> A very useful think to add to Unicode (for colorblind people) ! >> >> http://bestinportugal.com/color-add-project-brings-color-identification-to-the-color-blind >> >> Is it proposed to add as new

Re: Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-29 Thread Doug Ewell via Unicode
Philippe Verdy wrote: > A very useful think to add to Unicode (for colorblind people) ! > > http://bestinportugal.com/color-add-project-brings-color-identification-to-the-color-blind > > Is it proposed to add as new symbols ? Well, it isn't proposed until someone proposes it. At first I

Symbols of colors used in Portugal for transport

2019-04-27 Thread Philippe Verdy via Unicode
A very useful think to add to Unicode (for colorblind people) ! http://bestinportugal.com/color-add-project-brings-color-identification-to-the-color-blind Is it proposed to add as new symbols ?