Philippe Verdy wrote on 06/24/2003 04:54:30 AM: > This symbol [fleur-de-lis] is commonly found and used in some printed books, > sometimes as a bullet-like character, but most often to terminate a > chapter or add "fioritures" near a title
Well, such examples are better than a sample showing a description of the symbol and its significance. But bullets and flourishes aren't necessarily candidates for encoding in the UCS. There are an endless number of possible flourishes. > often used in patterns of > 3 symbols If the bullet / flourish is a set of 3 f-d-l in an inverted triangular pattern, someone would have to be proposing that combination as a distinct, atomic character. > royalists, when opponsed to the later Emperor supporters which used > the Eagle, and the Republicans using branches of chest and olivetrees). So, I suppose these are going to be proposed, too. > A similar, culturally linked symbol is the "ermine spot", shortly > "ermine" And the lion, and the gryffen, and the dragon, and... > The ermine spot seems to be found and used in > various places, including modern book publications within text, > where it is not only considered "decorative" but linked to a strong > Breton reference. Create a doc with samples. - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485
