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On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote: > Kiran Kumar Chava wrote: > > Open issues: >> 1. Telugu danda and double danda are to be encoded. >> (I saw some discussions of this here and there, but none conclusive. A >> decision made?) >> > > Use the Devanagari danda and double danda (U+0964 and U+0965) for all Indic > scripts in the blocks below U+1000. This has been the recommendation from > the beginning, and is well documented in Unicode 5.2, Section 9.1 (page > 275). > > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Thanks Doug for pointing out. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/racchabanda/message/15522 Here is a related discussion. I just couldn't understand the misery in saving two code points by forcing font developers to use devanagari code points for Telugu script. The following are problems I am seeing 1. This double danda in Telugu script is used for other purposes, like abbreviations, pre and post Pallavi of a song, (see page 32 of http://te.chavakiran.com/blog/?p=774 this pdf. ) ,, || 2|| to say this line is to be sung twice (page 46 of http://te.chavakiran.com/blog/?p=774 pdf) 2. What are we going to do for sorting? 3. Telugu font developers may not even know they need to insert these in devangari block. Is there a link to previous discussion on this unification && dis unification of danda signs? Thanks and Regards, Kiran Kumar Chava http://chavakiran.com
