Directionality Standard (was: New Unicode FAQs posted)
Behnam <[email protected]> Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:08:40 -0500
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--Apple-Mail-12-384388241 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed In FAQ it is mentioned that Unicode encodes characters based on scripts and not languages. Is there any Unicode standard to identify a text? i.e. primary script>directionality>language? Behnam On 11-Dec-07, at 12:10 PM, Magda Danish (Unicode) wrote: > There are new FAQs available on the Unicode site: > How are Unicode FAQs created? > What is the Unicode Editorial Committee? > When are new Unicode FAQs created? > What can I do if I think there is an error in an FAQ answer? > How does an FAQ relate to a Unicode specification? > What can I do if I think there is an error in the Unicode Standard > or other specification? > See http://www.unicode.org/faq/basic_q.html#28 > > > Magda Danish > Sr. Administrative Director > Unicode, Inc. --Apple-Mail-12-384388241 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">In FAQ it is mentioned that = Unicode encodes characters based on scripts and not languages.<div>Is = there any Unicode standard to identify a text? i.e. primary = script>directionality>language?</div><div><br = class=3D"webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Behnam</div><div><br><div><d= iv>On 11-Dec-07, at 12:10 PM, Magda Danish (Unicode) wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'XB Zar'; font-size: 13px; font-style: = normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: = normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div dir=3D"ltr"><font = face=3D"Tahoma" color=3D"#000000" size=3D"2"><div style=3D"margin-left: = 40px; ">There are new FAQs available on the Unicode site:<br></div><ul = style=3D"margin-left: 40px; "><li>How are Unicode FAQs = created?</li><li>What is the Unicode Editorial Committee?</li><li>When = are new Unicode FAQs created?</li><li>What can I do if I think there is = an error in an FAQ answer?</li><li>How does an FAQ relate to a Unicode = specification?</li><li>What can I do if I think there is an error in the = Unicode Standard or other specification?</li></ul><div = style=3D"margin-left: 40px; ">See<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span><a = href=3D"http://www.unicode.org/faq/basic_q.html#28 " = target=3D"_blank">http://www.unicode.org/faq/basic_q.html#28<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</span></a><br></div><div = style=3D"margin-left: 40px; "><font face=3D"tahoma"></font>=A0</div><div = style=3D"margin-left: 40px; "><font face=3D"tahoma"></font>=A0</div><div = style=3D"margin-left: 40px; "><font face=3D"tahoma">Magda = Danish</font></div><div style=3D"margin-left: 40px; "><font = face=3D"tahoma">Sr. Administrative Director</font></div><div = style=3D"margin-left: 40px; "><font face=3D"tahoma">Unicode, = Inc.</font></div></font></div></span></blockquote></div><br></div></body><= /html>= --Apple-Mail-12-384388241--