B. Technical -- General
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| 1a. New script? Name? | No. |
| 1b. Addition of characters to existing block?
Name? | Yes. Miscellaneous Symbols. |
| 2. Number of characters | 2 |
| 3. Proposed category | Category A |
| 4. Proposed level of implementation and
rationale | Level 1 |
| 5a. Character names included in proposal? | Yes |
| 5b. Character names in accordance with
guidelines? | Yes |
| 5c. Character shapes reviewable? | Yes |
| 6a. Who will provide computerized font? | Michael
Everson, Everson Gunn Teoranta |
| 6b. Font currently available? | Michael Everson,
Everson Gunn Teoranta |
| 6c. Font format? | TrueType |
| 7a. Are references (to other character sets, dictionaries,
descriptive texts, etc.) provided? | No. |
| 7b. Are published examples (such as samples from
newspapers, magazines, or other sources) of use of proposed characters
attached? | No |
| 8. Does the proposal address other aspects of character
data processing? | No |
C. Technical -- Justification
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| 1. Contact with the user community? | Almost everyone
is a part of the user community. |
| 2. Information on the user community? | These
characters are found everywhere. |
| 3a. The context of use for the proposed
characters? | They are used as dingbats on packaging of various
kinds. |
| 3b. Reference | |
| 4a. Proposed characters in current use? | Yes. |
| 4b. Where? | By industry. |
| 5a. Characters should be encoded entirely in
BMP? | Yes. |
| 5b. Rationale | Keep with other Miscellaneous
Symbols. |
| 6. Should characters be kept in a continuous
range? | Not necessarily |
| 7a. Can the characters be considered a presentation form of
an existing character or character sequence? | No. |
| 7b. Where? | |
| 7c. Reference | |
| 8a. Can any of the characters be considered to be similar
(in appearance or function) to an existing character? | No |
| 8b. Where? | |
| 8c. Reference | |
| 9a. Combining characters or use of composite sequences
included? | No |
| 9b. List of composite sequences and their corresponding
glyph images provided? | No |
| 10. Characters with any special properties such as control
function, etc. included? | No |
