[DIS] [UNICODE] Unicode's proposed Terminal Complex Script Support

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(This message is about Unicode, not ASCII. I would have posted it to
rec.arts.ascii per the FAQ, but rec.arts.ascii appears to have lost its
moderator such that nothing can be posted. I will include "[UNICODE]" in
the subject of any Unicode-related postings I make to alt.ascii-art.)

Recently, some people at Unicode proposed the development of a
'Terminal Complex Script Support' specification:
<https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2023/23107-terminal-suppt.pdf> (1.3MB)

Relevant to text art: If this TCSS were standardized, the width of
every Unicode character/sequence in the terminal would be precisely an
integer number of cells, and these widths would be the same across all
terminals. This would mean most any Unicode characters could be used in
text art. Maybe this will open many new possibilities in text art! Or
maybe it will largely have no effect on text art! We shall see.

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