----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, 2001-04-05 15:31 Subject: [ukma] Unicode > On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 22:58:50 +0100, Mark wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > I didn't know anything about Unicode until just now. I understand > it's the most comprehensive, pervasive and logical character coding > worldwide. It has symbols for Imperial units that I've never seen > before (LB BAR SYMBOL, OUNCE SIGN, SCRUPLE), script l for litre > (surely deprecated in favour of L). I saw a K for kelvin too, surely > this is pointless. > > But then to see the SQUARE FOOT character is imminent as an ISO > standard? These people need some help. Not a subject to arouse > popular discontent, but when Unicode and ISO accept these things > they give credibility that's set in stone. > > Then thinking it can't get much worse than that - I spell check this > very document in Word to find "kelvin" rejected and "Kelvin" offered. > Is there any logic to this? > > So, metrication isn't just about metrication. It's also about the > forces of typography, and Microsoft. > > Unicode 23CD > SQUARE FOOT > UTC status 00-Apr-26 Accepted > ISO 00-Sep-25 Stage 4 > > http://www.unicode.org/unicode/alloc/Pipeline.html > > http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2100.pdf > > Regards, > Mark Halsall
