Re: Vai character use?

James Kass wrote,

> Making a font for Vai is challenging.  There are so many glyph variants
> from which to choose, including historic/obsolete forms.  Kudos to
> Michael Everson and Jason Glavy for the quality of their work on
> the Vai proposal and chart font.

There are three recent documents which should be used as reference:

N2948.PDF - The proposal
http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n2948.pdf

N3081.PDF - Adds four Vai syllables plus the Vai digits
http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3081.pdf

N3243.PDF - Adds two syllables and *revises certain chart glyphs*
http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3243.pdf

Also, as mentioned, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in
Unicode Vai was very helpful.
http://www.unicode.org/udhr/d/udhr_vai.pdf

And, when I mentioned Michael Everson and Jason Glavy, it was
mainly concerning the fonts.  The other two contributors to the
proposal, Charles Riley and Jos=C3=A9 Rivera, also deserve commendation.

(I tried to make a Vai font about ten years ago based on a few charts
found on-line.  I didn't fully understand how much the script had
evolved since its inception.  The charts were confusing to me; there
appeared to be certain conflicts and the volume of apparently
acceptable variant forms was a bit staggering.  Transliterations
were inconsistent and repertoires differed.  The proposal(s) really
bring it all together.  Job well done!)

Best regards,

James Kass