I like to say, "Unicode and ISO/IEC 10646 describe a single standard for representing the world's characters in computers as a series of numbers (zeros and ones)."
Unicode is an encoding standard for text on computers that allows documents in any script and language to be entered, stored, edited and exchanged.
I think it is best to relate the description to what the layman does: he types things, and he edits them and he sends them to other laymen. The 'big font' thing is a really bad idea because it is completely inaccurate: that's not informing the layman in terms he understands, that's misleading him. I also think it is a good idea to include the word 'encoding', because if the rest of one's description is simple it can be a useful way to plant new terminology in someone's head.
I have not seen the article yet -- too little time with ATypI kicking off this evening --, but I'm sure Michael did a grand job otherwise.
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
