Grantha encoding question

[Shriramana Sharma]

On 9/11/20, James Kass via Unicode <unicode at unicode.org> wrote:
> Thank you.  Your question seems to have answered mine.
>
> If nobody can produce exhibits, then it makes sense that these
> characters weren't included in the Standard.

Please see L2/12-039. These aren't often used but somewhat rarely
texts and may be considered a borrowal. A mechanism to use characters
from the Tamil and Grantha block to be judiciously intermixed is
required.

As demonstrated by L2/20-119 there are occasional intermixing of
letters from other scripts. The normal Unicode approach is to encode
what has been attested. Occasionally some other factors recommend
against encoding. Nevertheless a mechanism to represent in plaintext
is necessary.

>
> Meanwhile I've removed these glyphs and their associated ligatures from
> the font I'm trying to update.  If they ever get proposed and accepted,
> the glyphs can be reinstated.
>
> On 2020-09-10 1:21 PM, Cibu wrote:
>> I am curious whether you would see them in Grantha texts. If yes, could
>> you
>> provide some examples?
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 2:02 PM James Kass via Unicode
>> <unicode at unicode.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> In preliminary Grantha encoding proposals there were characters which
>>> don't seem to have been accepted into the Standard.
>>>
>>> What is the recommended encoding for the Grantha letters NNNA, RRA, and
>>> LLLA/ZHA?  (Originally proposed for U+11329, U+11331, and U+11334
>>> respectively.)
>>>
>>> Here's a link to one of the earlier proposals:
>>> https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10426-grantha-proposal.pdf
>>>
>>> A graphic is attached showing the three characters.
>>>
>
>


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