IBM 1620 invalid character symbol

2017-09-25 Thread Leo Broukhis via Unicode
Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620#Invalid_character) describes the "invalid character" symbol (see attachment) as a Cyrillic Ж which it obviously is not. But what is it? Does it deserve encoding, or is it a glyph variation of an existing codepoint? The question is somewhat prompte

Re: IBM 1620 invalid character symbol

2017-09-25 Thread Leo Broukhis via Unicode
On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 10:34 PM, Magnus Bodin ☀ wrote: > It's like if IBM invented the tofu of some sort. > Right. The question is, can it be considered a glyph variation of U+? On a tangent: graphically, the closest glyph which is not a letter appears to be 🝏 U+1F74F Alchemical Symbol fo

Re: IBM 1620 invalid character symbol

2017-09-25 Thread Leo Broukhis via Unicode
have one sitting around. > > --Ken > > > > On 9/25/2017 9:48 PM, Leo Broukhis via Unicode wrote: > >> Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620#Invalid_character) >> describes the "invalid character" symbol (see attachment) as a Cyrillic Ж >> wh

Re: IBM 1620 invalid character symbol

2017-09-26 Thread Leo Broukhis via Unicode
id character symbol". > - Karl > > -- > Am Dienstag, 26. September 2017 um 06:48 schrieb Leo Broukhis via Unicode: > > >> Wikipedia > >> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_1620#Invalid_character) > >> describes the "invalid character" symbol (see

Re: IBM 1620 invalid character symbol

2017-09-26 Thread Leo Broukhis via Unicode
Ken, The next time I'm at the Mountain View CHM, I'll try to ask. However, assuming it was an overstrike of an X and an I, then where does the "Eris"-like glyph come from? Was there ever an IBM font with a double-semicircular X like )( ? On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Ken Whistler wrote: > L

Re: Thoughts on working with the Emoji Subcommittee (was Re: Thoughts on Emoji Selection Process)

2018-08-19 Thread Leo Broukhis via Unicode
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 2:35 AM, William_J_G Overington via Unicode < unicode@unicode.org> wrote: > > I decided that trying to design emoji for 'I' and for 'You' seemed > interesting so I decided to have a go at designing some. > Why don't we just encode Blissymbolics, where pronouns are already