Re: TLG and Beta code

[Raymond Mercier]

John, I am glad to hear from you. I shall do what I can to get a proposal together. Raymond ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Raymond Mercier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: Re: TLG and Beta code > > At 05:37 AM 8/27/2003, Raymond Mercier wrote: > > >I know this is common in the TLG, but as you say, they assume it is just > >omicron (an assumption repeated in a message just received from them). > >But, I am trying to get across that that is wrong: it represents neither > >papyri nor Byzantine MSS. > > ... > > >So is there not a good reason to treat this as a distinct character, to be > >assigned to a Unicode codepoint ? > > Raymond, based on what you have said, I would agree. A variety of visual > representations, clearly distinct from the omicron as formed in the same > documents, suggests a separate character. Would you be able to write up a > proposal to encode such a character, or at least an informational document > including illustrations of different forms of the Greek zero, preferably in > proximity to differently formed omicrons? Nothing is going to happen unless > the UTC receive such a document, and you sound like the best person to > prepare one. > > John Hudson > > Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com > Vancouver, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You need a good operator to make type. If it were a > DIY affair the caster would only run for about five > minutes before the DIYer burned his butt off. >                                        - Jim Rimmer > ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Raymond Mercier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: Re: TLG and Beta code > > At 05:37 AM 8/27/2003, Raymond Mercier wrote: > > >I know this is common in the TLG, but as you say, they assume it is just > >omicron (an assumption repeated in a message just received from them). > >But, I am trying to get across that that is wrong: it represents neither > >papyri nor Byzantine MSS. > > ... > > >So is there not a good reason to treat this as a distinct character, to be > >assigned to a Unicode codepoint ? > > Raymond, based on what you have said, I would agree. A variety of visual > representations, clearly distinct from the omicron as formed in the same > documents, suggests a separate character. Would you be able to write up a > proposal to encode such a character, or at least an informational document > including illustrations of different forms of the Greek zero, preferably in > proximity to differently formed omicrons? Nothing is going to happen unless > the UTC receive such a document, and you sound like the best person to > prepare one. > > John Hudson > > Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com > Vancouver, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You need a good operator to make type. If it were a > DIY affair the caster would only run for about five > minutes before the DIYer burned his butt off. >                                        - Jim Rimmer >