Christoph P�per wrote:
Moin,
Selber moin :-)
I've checked the existing chars, <http://www.unicode.org/alloc/Pipeline.html> and this year's thread titles of this mailing list, but didn't find characters to represent UI controls of media devices (or a proposal for including them for that matter) mentioned.
U+25B8, U+25BA, ... http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U25A0.pdf http://www.unicode.org/charts/
"Cumulation" is not necessary for characters to be useful for related purposes.There're current chars, that look a little bit like some of these, but neither cumulated at one point nor all of them nor exactly like expected.
Fonts have considerable freedom to use different shapes than what the Unicode charts show, for as long as the identity of the character is not obscured.
In my very personal opinion, these go beyond what should be in Unicode and are only justified for compatibility with pre-existing (pre 1992) character sets. Symbols and logos should be displayed using icons and other pictures.One might argue these aren't "real" characters, but neither are all of Dingbats and many others. I can see a use for them in plain text user interfaces, be it an OSD or small LCD, and in documentation of such.
The example of the new eject symbol shows that not everyone agrees.
Tsch��,
markus
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