At 10:07 -0400 2004-05-25, John Cowan wrote:
"Trumps" in English. I suggest that 21 trumps be encoded, but not named, because the correspondence of names to numbers is variable.
This would be the Major Arcana?
Suitable names would be PLAYING CARD TRUMP I through PLAYING CARD TRUMP XXI. The Fool, the 22nd or un-numbered trump, is the direct ancestor of the Joker and should be unified with it.
I would disagree about that.
The fourth court card in each suit is called the Knight in English; these should also be encoded.
This would call for 25 more cards. Documentation on the Tarot is extensive and readily available.
Fonts, however, are not, which indicates that Tarot is not ready for encoding. I would rather proceed with things that are ready.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
