Kiran Kumar Chava wrote:
I just couldn't understand the misery in saving two code points by
forcing font developers to use devanagari code points for Telugu
script.
Actually it's not a matter of saving code points. The corresponding
code points in other Indic blocks are reserved and very unlikely to be
used for any other characters.
It's more a matter of unifying code points that are displayed the same
and have the same function, which is a core principle of Unicode.
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)
Where is the problem? U+002E FULL STOP (in the Basic Latin block) is
used for many unrelated purposes, in many scripts besides Latin. This
isn't a serious problem either.
2. What are we going to do for sorting?
Use the Unicode Collation Algorithm. Don't expect code point order to
be usable for sorting, EVER. The is the very first item on the
Collation FAQ page.
3. Telugu font developers may not even know they need to insert these
in devangari block.
They should probably learn this as part of their craft.
Keep in mind that none of the issues above are unique to Telugu. Users
of Bengali and Gurmukhi and Gujarati and Oriya and Tamil and Kannada and
Malayalam have the exact same considerations.
Is there a link to previous discussion on this unification && dis
unification of danda signs?
Very possibly not, since the decision goes back 20 years or more.
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