> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of David J.
Peterson
> If this is accurate, then:
>
> (a) What happens if two conlangers with two separate scripts
> choose the same unicode numbers, in ignorance of one another's
> scripts?
There's the ConScript Unicode Registry.
http://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/
The only problem here is that I'm not sure anyone is minding the
store any longer. I sent them the details for the Deini script
but never got any response back.
> (b) Does this mean that if one creates a unicode-compliant
font
> with one's script in the unicode #'s one has designed, then
one
> can use the code to display one's script on a website?
The viewer would need the font, so yes they could if you push
the font down, and all the browser issues are dealt with.
> If (b) is the case, then...
>
> (c) Wouldn't a viewer of your site have to download your new
> unicode compliant font to view the page correctly? And if
that's
> the case, then what's the difference between that and just
creating
> a regular old font with regular old mappings (e.g., the a
keystroke
> = your glyph for the vowel [a:], or whatever), and making
viewers
> of your website download *that* font to view your page? Are
we
> hoping that one day some future version of unicode is going to
> support our personal scripts, or something?
Because using private areas means you can mix scripts in the
same text without changing fonts. Suppose someone doesn't have
your font, then they'll see letters and may mistake that for the
real script.