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in practice an end user is likely to want to introduce the krul character from a font. So encoding the krul character in regular Unicode would be helpful to end users and in my opinion being helpful to end users and consumers is what is important in encoding
decisions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">By this line of reasoning, every icon in any symbol font, such as
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://fontawesome.com/icons">Font Awesome</a> would be a candidate for encoding. UTC has already explicitly decided against that argument for encoding. Moreover, the successful, widespread use of fonts like Font
Awesome clearly demonstrates that encoding in Unicode is not necessary for users to easily use graphic symbols in content.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Unicode Standard encodes characters, where “character” is understood to mean an element of textual content and the encoding is intended for purposes of text processing. Not every graphic element qualifies
for encoding simply because it can be presented using a font and placed in a text frame of a DTP application.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Cf. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/ch01.pdf">
https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode15.0.0/ch01.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Peter<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Unicode <unicode-bounces@corp.unicode.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>William_J_G Overington via Unicode<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 19, 2024 5:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> unicode@corp.unicode.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: What's the process for proposing a symbol in the Unicode table?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I wonder if the encoding rules are no longer fit for purpose.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">The encoding process should be to be helpful to consumers, not to lead to an agreement to restrict progress.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I get the impression - and if I have got it wrong please correct me - that if one were using the krul character in a desktop publishing program that the likely scenario is that there is a large rectangular text frame filling
most of the page and containing text in the Dutch language, in, say, 14 point, and there is in the right margin, near the lower edge of the page, a small rectangular text frame into which the krul character is inserted, quite possibly at a larger size than
the other text, at, say, 36 point or 48 point.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Thus the krul character is not within a line of running text involving other characters as well as itself.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">I say that the fact that the krul character is not within a line of running text involving other characters as well as itself should not go against the encoding of the krul character as a regular Unicode character.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">This is because, in practice an end user is likely to want to introduce the krul character from a font. So encoding the krul character in regular Unicode would be helpful to end users and in my opinion being helpful to end
users and consumers is what is important in encoding decisions.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">William Overington</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:18.0pt">Monday 19 February 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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