On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 7:26 AM, David Faulks <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > Just a question here. > > The Zodiac sign Capricorn has an alternate Glyph/Symbol (see below): > http://www.capricornzodiacsign.net/capricornsymbol.htm > > It is only vaguely similar to the glyph found in the Unicode charts and > astrological sites, and sometimes astrological software offers a choice > between the two. > > Since every font I have checked on my computer, uses a glyph close to the > Unicode charts (if they have Zodiac symbols at all), I am thinking that it > might be best to propose this as a separate character. > > Is this a good idea?
Is it ever used alongside the more common symbol, with some semantic distinction, or is it more of a stylistic choice? > Also, Zodiac signs right now have Emoji representations. Would I have to > submit this as an Emoji rather than a symbol? Would I have to make up a > coloured Emoji Glyph? I think the emoji representations of the standard zodiac symbols exist because a Japanese cell phone provider put zodiac symbols in their Shift-JIS emoji sets (since those symbols are not otherwise part of the Shift-JIS standard).
