Code2001 (RE: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1)

2001-04-03 Thread Marco Cimarosti
James Kass wrote: Here is a freeware Plane One font for testing: http://home.att.net/~jameskass/code2001.htm Included are Old Italic, Deseret, and Gothic, as well as a few other items extrapolated from the Roadmap and preliminary proposals. Constructive comments are welcome. (I know that

Re: Code2001 (RE: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1)

2001-04-03 Thread James Kass
Marco Cimarosti wrote: Thanks: a great work! Thank you! Unluckily, I am totally unable to see the extended planes glyphs in Windows NT, but I understand from other peoples' comments that it will work fine as soon as I step to Windows 2000. I see that Code2001 is missing most of the

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-04-02 Thread Peter_Constable
On 03/30/2001 10:10:22 PM unicode-bounce wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The historic notion of Unicode as a uniformly 16-bit encoding has been in principle obsolete for a while, but now it is also obsolete in practical terms. Actually, I think *that* statement is a bit premature, still. It

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-04-01 Thread James Kass
William Overington wrote: I am running a PC that has Windows 95, Word 97 and Internet Explorer 4. I downloaded the zip file and unzipped it and got the font file. I then used Word 97, set the font to Code 2001 and the size to 24 point. I added a letter a to make sure it was working

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-04-01 Thread John H. Jenkins
At 11:52 PM -0800 3/30/01, James Kass wrote: As far as keyboards/IME, if anyone has a notion of what a Deseret or Gothic keyboard should look like (and a need for one), please let me know. I've got a keyboard for the Mac as part of the Deseret Language Kit, but frankly I never use it.

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-31 Thread Michael \(michka\) Kaplan
From: "James Kass" [EMAIL PROTECTED] As far as keyboards/IME, if anyone has a notion of what a Deseret or Gothic keyboard should look like (and a need for one), please let me know. Um, the need for one is a way to actually input data? How else would a typical user be able to type such data?

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-31 Thread Peter_Constable
Michael: On 03/31/2001 09:55:58 AM "Michael \(michka\) Kaplan" wrote: From: "James Kass" [EMAIL PROTECTED] As far as keyboards/IME, if anyone has a notion of what a Deseret or Gothic keyboard should look like (and a need for one), please let me know. Um, the need for one is a way to

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-31 Thread Elliotte Rusty Harold
At 11:52 PM -0800 3/30/01, James Kass wrote: Included are Old Italic, Deseret, and Gothic, as well as a few other items extrapolated from the Roadmap and preliminary proposals. Constructive comments are welcome. (I know that the math letter variants are incomplete.) It works in W2K with the

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-31 Thread James Kass
Michael (michka) Kaplan wrote: As far as keyboards/IME, if anyone has a notion of what a Deseret or Gothic keyboard should look like (and a need for one), please let me know. Um, the need for one is a way to actually input data? How else would a typical user be able to type such

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-31 Thread James Kass
Elliotte Rusty Harold wrote regarding Plane One display: Which word processor? Which HTML browser? -- WordPad. Really. (The version that ships with W2K.) For the browser, the Internet Explorer that came with W2K. Perhaps there is an upgrade for Internet Explorer that would do the

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-31 Thread Michael \(michka\) Kaplan
From: "James Kass" [EMAIL PROTECTED] if there is a need for a keyboard method, it should be possible to create one. Most assuredly... but I am hesitant to consider the 16-bit world to be "gone" in practical terms until such methods are not only possible, but also widespread as well. We are

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-30 Thread Peter_Constable
On 03/30/2001 08:18:26 PM unicode-bounce wrote: We are pleased to announce the release of The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1. The era of BMP characters only is now officially over. The historic notion of Unicode as a uniformly 16-bit encoding has been in principle obsolete for a while, but now

Re: The Unicode Standard, Version 3.1

2001-03-30 Thread Michael \(michka\) Kaplan
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The historic notion of Unicode as a uniformly 16-bit encoding has been in principle obsolete for a while, but now it is also obsolete in practical terms. Actually, I think *that* statement is a bit premature, still. It is not obsolete in pratical terms until there is