Aw: Re: Protective signs

[Marius Spix]

Unicode also has ⛑️ HELMET WITH WHITE CROSS (U+26D1) which also could be used to mark medical corps. However, the actual orign of that character is the Maintenance symbol in Japanese TV broadcast. And similar to ⚕ STAFF OF AESCULAPIS (U+2695) it is no international protective sign. That is the reason, why medical corps wear a white armband or patch with a red cross, crescent or crystal. While the red lion with sun is also theoretically protected, it is never used.

> Gesendet: Sonntag, den 18.02.2024 um 04:17 Uhr
> Von: "Erik Carvalhal Miller via Unicode" <unicode at corp.unicode.org>
> An: "Steffen Nurpmeso" <steffen at sdaoden.eu>
> Cc: "Doug Ewell via Unicode" <unicode at corp.unicode.org>, "Freek Dijkstra" <freek at macfreek.nl>
> Betreff: Re: Protective signs
> 
> On Sat, Feb 17, 2024 at 9:30 PM Steffen Nurpmeso via Unicode <
> unicode at corp.unicode.org> wrote:
> 
> > That made me think (my local copy is from 2020, i do not recall
> > anything), are "protective signs" part of Unicode already?
> > Some are very hard, almost impossible i'd say, for fonts.
> > But they are very important pictographics.  *Very*.
> >
> >   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protective_sign
> >   https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzzeichen
> >
> >   https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarastollen_(Freiburg_im_Breisgau)
> 
> 
> Some of the signs are in Unicode: the letters P and G (U+0050, U+0047), the
> letters P and W (U+0050 again, U+0057), the letters I and C (U+0049,
> U+0043), a white flag (U+2690 ⟨⚐⟩) and a waving white flag (U+1F3F3 ⟨🏳⟩),
> a flag of the United Nations incorporating its emblem (the
> regional‐indicator sequence U+1F1FA, U+1F1F3 ⟨🇺🇳⟩), the letters U and N
> (U+0055, U+004E), and the thrice‐repeatable large orange circle
> (U+1F7E0 ⟨🟠⟩).  Those that are not in the Unicode repertoire are dependent
> on color and therefore suggest emoji, if ever they should be encoded.
> Important as they may be, is there a plaintext use case, such as texting an
> enemy to indicate a hospital?  (Note there is also U+1F3E5 HOSPITAL ⟨🏥⟩,
> which in the font Iʼm working in incorporates a symbol similar to the red
> cross…)