Re: How To Write Non-Unicode Symbol?

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Michael Urban <[email protected]> writes:
> What Unicode construct has the best semantics for representing an

One approach is to use =E2=80=9Cinlinemediaobject=E2=80=9D which exists lar=
gely for this
purpose. Anywhere you can write text that should be rendered, you can
also insert an inlinemediaobject and use a graphic for the glyph.

(Markup for =E2=80=9Cmedia objects=E2=80=9D got more complicated over the y=
ears. I
expect that was originally =E2=80=9Cinlinegraphic=E2=80=9D and took a singl=
e fileref
attribute. C=E2=80=99est la vie.)

Markup-wise, it=E2=80=99s the most tedious if the currency symbol occurs
frequently, but it=E2=80=99s the most portable solution because it doesn=E2=
=80=99t (have
to) involve a particular font.

> oddball non-Unicode character?  If I am writing a novel in which
> there is a currency symbol, the Quatloo, represented by a glyph
> from a custom font (say, a Q with three lines through it), how should
> I write it?  <phrase role=3D"quatloo">Q</phrase>?

Sure, that would be fine. I might go with <symbol>Quatloo</symbol> or
maybe even <symbol>Q</symbol>.

If you want it to be an actual Unicode character in your document, you
could take any of the characters from the a private use area[1] but
those aren=E2=80=99t likely to render nicely in your document and transform=
ing
them into a font+character reference may be trickier in subsequent
processing.

To be honest, if I was going to use an actual character for a currency
symbol, planning to later replace that with something else for
publication, I=E2=80=99d be tempted to choose an existing currency symbol so
that it would be easy to see in my editor. For example, the existing
fantasy currency symbol, =E2=82=BF.

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_Use_Areas

=2D-
Norm Tovey-Walsh <[email protected]>
https://norm.tovey-walsh.com/

> Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three
> decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded
> good.--Thomas Sowell

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