Hoefler Text Ornaments

[Michel Suignard]

Yes, it was not a simple and quick process.
Michel

-----Original Message-----
From: Unicode <unicode-bounces at corp.unicode.org> On Behalf Of James Kass via Unicode
Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2022 3:38 PM
To: unicode at corp.unicode.org
Subject: Re: Hoefler Text Ornaments



On 2022-07-26 3:49 PM, Steve Downey via Unicode wrote:
> For another decorative set to be encoded, I think there would need to 
> be evidence of a body of text using those symbols for which there is a 
> desire to re-encode today, such that without encoding the symbols 
> meaning would be lost. It's a deliberately high bar.

There were several steps along the way to getting webdings/wingdings encoded in The Standard.  Here's a link to an updated proposal from 2011:

https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11344-wingdings.pdf

The introductory text delves into the rationale for encoding and might be of interest to anyone contemplating submitting proposals for similar additions.