For the "standard form" you probably don't need to add a variation selector. The codepoint for long s itself expresses exactly the semantic to represent this character as long s in ANY type style.
While I'm not convinced of your variation proposal at all (on the contrary), if you write it, write it properly. :-) /Sz 2010/8/4 Karl Pentzlin <[email protected]> > Am Dienstag, 3. August 2010 um 19:11 schrieb Janusz S. Bień: > > JJSB> I see no reason why, if I understand correctly, the long s variant is > JSB> to be limited to Fraktur-like styles. > > The *variant* is applicable to situations where the character is to be > displayed long when Fraktur-like styles are in effect, while it is to > be displayed round when "modern" styles are in effect. > > The plain *character* "long s" is intended to be displayed long in all > circumstances. > > However, in my next version, I will replace the "s" variants by "long s" > variants: > 017F FE00 ...LONG S VARIANT-1 STANDARD FORM > · will be displayed long in any script variants > 017F FE01 ...LONG S VARIANT-1 FLEXIBLE FORM (naming provisionally) > · will be displayed long in Fraktur, Gaelic, and similar script > variants > · will usually be displayed round when used with Roman type > This has the advantage, especially when implicit application of variation > sequences > is possible, it can be applied to existing data without change. > > - Karl Pentzlin > > > -- Szelp, André Szabolcs +43 (650) 79 22 400
