Difference between revisions of "Metrical Symbols (Unicode)"

Revision as of 15:54, 18 September 2010

Metrical symbols are encoded in Unicode in the Miscellaneous Technical region, 23D1-23D9 (see http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf).

See also the TLG technical document on the proposal to encode Greek metical characters in Unicode, which can be found at http://repositories.cdlib.org/tlg/unicode/15/

This issue was discussed at some length on the Unicode Ancient Languages list (see e.g. http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&L=unicode&D=1&O=D&P=235 or go to http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/unicode.html and search for "metrical" vel sim.).

What fonts support this character range? The only fonts I have found to do so reliably are:

Others may know better.

I am soliciting more advice on this topic from the list: see archives and membership information at http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/unicode.html

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 === What Unicode characters should we use to encode Greek metrical symbols? ===
-Metrical symbols are encoded in <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.unicode.org/ Unicode]</span> in the Miscellaneous Technical region, 23D1-23D9 (see <span class="wikiexternallink">http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf</span>).
+Metrical symbols are encoded in <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://www.unicode.org/ Unicode]</span> in the Miscellaneous Technical region, 23D1-23D9 (see http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2300.pdf).
-See also the TLG technical document on the proposal to encode Greek metical characters in Unicode, which can be found at <span class="wikiexternallink">http://repositories.cdlib.org/tlg/unicode/15/</span>
+See also the TLG technical document on the proposal to encode Greek metical characters in Unicode, which can be found at http://repositories.cdlib.org/tlg/unicode/15/
+Brill have released some advice on symbols for metrical display (http://www.brill.nl/downloads/Metrical-Characters-Unicode-updated.pdf)
 This issue was discussed at some length on the Unicode Ancient Languages list (see e.g. <span class="wikiexternallink">[http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&L=unicode&D=1&O=D&P=235 http://lsv.uky.edu/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&amp;L=unicode&amp;D=1&amp;O=D&amp;P=235]</span> or go to <span class="wikiexternallink">http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/unicode.html</span> and search for "metrical" vel sim.).