Germanic Script and Unicode

[Steve Clare]

Dear Sir or Madam,

 

I am researching whether there is a Unicode Starting Point for the Germanic Script used in Germany prior to the end of WW2.

 

I have looked at the Gothic script (10330) but it doesn't seem to be the same as used in Germany in the first half of the 20th Century.

 

I would be grateful for any help.

 

Sincerely

 

Steven Clare

[Markus Scherer]

Dear Mr. Clare,

German is and was written with Latin/Roman characters plus umlauts, the
"sharp s" ligature and a "long s". All those characters are in Unicode.
Only the long s is not used any more in modern German orthography, and
Swiss German does not use the sharp s ligature.

You are referring to the use of Fraktur. This is done with font selection,
not with separate characters.
An "a" is still an "a" regardless of whether it is displayed or printed
with its Fraktur shape or in a more modern font.

Please see

http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/principles.html#Interpreting%20Characters%20and%20Rendering%20Glyphs
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/standard/where/#Variant Shapes
http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/docs/papers/forms_of_unicode/

Best regards,
markus

PS: I am German...

Markus Scherer IBM GCoC-Unicode/ICU San José, CA





"Steve Clare" <steve...@thesearchlight.com>
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2002-09-25 08:09


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Subject: Germanic Script and Unicode