TT, We can start another thread, but I think it relevant that others know raw Unicode characters are as usable as SVG's. they can save the same problem.
If you look at my first reply, I show how you can embed a unicode character in a svg to get icons. It is an additional and equivalent source of "icons" without any need to load an SVG icon. In closing however the resource Mohammad shared it excellent. I just do not know how to find out if I am breaking any licence? Tones On Friday, 13 November 2020 at 21:01:58 UTC+11 TiddlyTweeter wrote: > Ciao TW Tones > > If you want to explore this more, collectively, maybe start a new thread? > So our comments are not in Mohammad's thread, which has a slightly > different scope. > > Unicode interests me a lot. And there are a few things you are coming > across that, with a bit of exposition, are useful to know about in more > detail. > Diacritical marks, as you hint, for instance, have great usefulness beyond > being "combining marks". > > Best wishes, > TT > > > On Wednesday, 11 November 2020 22:01:00 UTC+1, TW Tones wrote: >> >> TT, >> >> You are right to raise these issues. I suppose I am now on the Journey to >> understand Unicode and make use of it. >> here are a few observations; >> >> - MS Windows has fonts to address many Unicode Characters >> - There exists a "last resort font" for Unicode >> - There are as many as 120,000 Unicode characters, most in different >> languages and of reduced value to non speakers of each language. >> - Outside of English many languages make use of diacritical >> characters, ie marks applied to other characters. >> - This facility can also be used to create compound characters, >> for example the common "no smoking symbol" circle with a /, can be >> applied >> to other characters >> - Tiddler titles can use many of these additional characters >> including alternate A-Z, a-z ands 0-9 characters and others >> - Tiddler fieldnames are restricted to the single a-z 0-9 character >> set and no Unicode Characters permitted. >> - I have not tested Unicode characters with the new slugify widgets. >> - I continue to learn about Unicode and their application to >> tiddlywiki. >> >> Tones >> >> On Wednesday, 11 November 2020 23:13:13 UTC+11, TiddlyTweeter wrote: >>> >>> TW Tones wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I have also started to look into the use of the larger Unicode >>>> Character set <https://www.unicode.org/charts/> page down to Symbols >>>> and Punctuation. >>>> >>>> As long as you have an appropriate font most of these will work. >>>> >>> >>> Right. >>> >>> I totally agree that Unicode is under-utilized. And can, and should, be >>> used, to great (economical) effect. >>> >>> There are three issues I know about ... >>> >>> 1 - Are the investigated Unicode Glyphs SUPPORTED by common fonts >>> *available >>> in Standard Default fonts on major OS*? (i.e. they will work even IF >>> you have not explicitly set them up in a TW's config?). >>> >>> *I think that issue needs making explicit and answered explicitly for TW >>> otherwise we'll stay stuck in the "black arts of Unicode use", which much >>> of the web is.* >>> >>> >>> *We'd have to shed light on Unicode workings to use it optimally, I >>> think. * >>> >>> >>> 2 - FONT REPRESENTATIONS of a Unicode code point can massively differ. >>> That has happened because some Unicode characters have been "hi-jacked" for >>> purposes never anticipated, in software and in OS. (The "Play" button you >>> see often on web-pages is an example; other than simple "Emojis" provide >>> many more extensive examples). This is a limited issue---but significant in >>> that some of the most used glyphs DIVERGE on looks. >>> >>> 3 - Anything above The Basic Plane in Unicode is actually more than one >>> character on web (its to do with characters above Unicode FFFF which can >>> need encoding). Not an issue per se but can make search much more complex. >>> >>> Tony, I'm not trying to diss your enthusiasm, which is good, & I support >>> using UC much more, but merely point to understandings needed for good >>> Unicode use. >>> >>> Best wishes >>> TT >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/cd04c302-7998-4210-923c-b66dc5fb9b91n%40googlegroups.com.
