Re: Smiles, faces, etc

[Patrick Andries]

David Starner wrote:

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>For a proposal, you'd need examples of the character being used in
>print, as a character and not a graphic. Do you have any examples?
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On tourne en rond, as we say in French. What is a character and not a 
graphic for you ? Some « thing » that is already encoded as a character 
? A « thing » found among  (inline) printed text  ? A hand-written sign 
found mixed with other signs called letters or punctuation marks ?

Excuse me, if I do not go on with this thread.

Patrick Andries