RE: How to Add Beams to Notes

2017-05-01 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
“Rather than using "unused code positions", I would always recommend to use some of the Private Use code points.” Consider it done. “What is the intended usage of your font? Music score applications? others?” I am simply going to make a series of full Unicode fonts (which, due

Join me in protecting net neutrality

2017-05-10 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
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CSUR and UCSUR glyphs

2017-05-09 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
I need some help with the glyphs from the CSUR and UCSUR. Some of the glyphs were no problem, such as the Tengwar and Cirth ones, because their pages actually show the glyphs on their pages. Others do not, which poses

10.0 Code Charts

2017-06-22 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
When are the code charts (http://www.unicode.org/charts/) going to be updated for Unicode 10.0? Sent from Mail for Windows 10

How to Add Beams to Notes

2017-05-01 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
I am trying to make a music notation font. It will use the Musical Symbols block in Unicode (1D100-1D1FF), but, since that block has a bad rep for not being very complete, I added some extra characters in the unmapped positions of that block (e.g. U+1D127 inverts the stem of the previous note,

RE: How to Add Beams to Notes

2017-05-05 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
Additionally, I will only do OT features that are absolutely necessary for a certain script, not unnecessary (although stylish!) features, e.g. I will include things like mark positioning and init/medi/fina forms for Arabic, while leaving out small caps, swashes, and extensive ligatures. (In an

Sutton SignWriting PDF

2017-05-06 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
If I open the Sutton SignWriting code chart in Mozilla Firefox, the glyphs in the tables are blank. I have no idea why. If I open it in Microsoft Edge, however, it works fine. Do you know why this is? Sent from Mail for Windows 10

RE: How to Add Beams to Notes

2017-05-04 Thread Michael Bear via Unicode
“How much margin do you have for the BMP? There are a fair few variation sequences, on top of all the contextual forms and conjuncts.” I plan to do everything in the plane EXCEPT for the surrogates, which you’re not supposed to encode in fonts anyway, which leaves room for about 2,048 more