I'm not talking a missing font, even though this would be a problem, too.
I'm talking about scripts that aren't encoded at all, for example the
Zaghawa alphabet.

And I understand, of course, that it's technically problematic. What I'm
asking is whether there's an explicit written Language committee policy
about it, or is it just a de facto practical matter.

בתאריך יום א׳, 14 באפר׳ 2019, 19:41, מאת Gerard Meijssen ‏<
[email protected]>:

> Hoi,
> In the past the WMF has funded the creation of a Unicode font. Having a
> Unicode font is essential when we are to support it in MediaWiki. Not
> having a fully developed font is what hinders the necessary follow up of
> projects in SignWriting ie all the signed languages.
>
> I do agree that a language with a default script not supported in Unicode
> is hugely problematic.
> Thanks,
>       GerardM
>
> On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 at 18:36, Amir E. Aharoni <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a vague recollection that we require Unicode support to create a
>> new language, but I cannot find it in the policy. Do we indeed require this
>> explicitly, or am I just making things up?
>>
>> Or is it just a de facto practicality—that it's technically difficult to
>> host a language in a script that isn't supposed in Unicode?
>>
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