Feedback on proposed character names etc.
Douglas Davidson
great help.
First, two questions about unification:
e-4E2 BILL WITH YEN SIGN: is this clearly distinguished from an
enclosed yen sign?
e-82C HASH KEY: shouldn't this be U+0023 U+20E3 as with the numbers?
it seems to be consistent with the numbers for each carrier
Second, comments on proposed character names:
General comments: it's not always clear what the distinction is
between HEAD and FACE in names; it might be better to stick to one of
these unless there's a clear distinction. The cat faces mostly seem
to parallel some of the human faces, but the corresponding names
aren't always consistent; perhaps they should be.
Specific comments are appended below.
Douglas Davidson
e-02A CLOCK SYMBOL: none of the other clock variants have "symbol" in
their names; perhaps just CLOCK would suffice
e-198 HAIR NEEDING A CUT: the original significance seems to be
something like "hairdresser" or "beauty parlor"; perhaps this could be
shorted to just HAIRCUT
e-1AC RED FACED OGRE: names probably shouldn't mention color unless
it's really necessary--perhaps this could be JAPANESE OGRE or ONI
DEMON or something similar
e-1B0 EXTRATERRESTRIAL ALIEN: perhaps ALIEN HEAD or ALIEN FACE would
be more consistent
e-1B5 GUARDSMAN: the first female Beefeater was appointed last year,
so perhaps something ungendered like GUARD or BEEFEATER might be better
e-1BA BABY CHICK, e-1BB FRONT-FACING BABY CHICK: 'chick' refers to a
baby chicken, so 'baby' is redundant here and could be omitted
e-1E1 HONEY BEE: this is more usually one word, HONEYBEE
e-328 FACE WITH LOOK OF TRIUMPH: this would be more consistent as
TRIUMPHANT FACE
e-329 FACE WINKING WITH STUCK OUT TONGUE: this would be more
consistent as WINKING FACE WITH STUCK OUT TONGUE
e-32B FACE WITH YUMMY LOOK: this sounds odd, but I'm not sure what
would be better; perhaps SATISFIED FACE
e-32E FACE WITH A MASK: this would be more consistent as FACE WITH MASK
e-339 LITTLE CRYING FACE: 'little' seems inappropriate here, since
the face isn't little; perhaps just CRYING FACE would be enough to
distinguish it from e-33A
e-33B PALE FACE: this would be more consistent as FEARFUL FACE
e-341 SHOCKED FACE WITH SCREAM: perhaps just SHOCKED FACE or
SCREAMING FACE would suffice
e-343 SMIRKY FACE: this would be more consistent as SMIRKING FACE
e-345 DISAPPOINTED BUT RELIEVED FACE: this might be more consistent
as DISAPPOINTED FACE WITH COLD SWEAT
e-35A PERSON MAKING POUTING FACE this might be more consistent as
PERSON WITH POUTING FACE
e-4B0 BLACK HOUSE, e-4B1 HOME: usually 'black' is used to distinguish
filled-in from open glyphs, but that doesn't seem to be the
distinction here
e-4D6 HIGH HEELED SHOE: perhaps HIGH-HEELED SHOE might be better
e-4DD PRIZE BAG: perhaps MONEY BAG instead
e-514 TWO JAPANESE FLAGS: perhaps CROSSED JAPANESE FLAGS instead
e-519 GIRLS DOLLS FESTIVAL: the repeated 's' suffix seems awkward;
perhaps GIRLS DOLL FESTIVAL instead
e-51D JAPANESE SPARKLER: is this specifically Japanese, or would just
SPARKLER suffice?
e-520 DECORATIVE CONFETTI BALL: are there non-decorative confetti
balls? perhaps just CONFETTI BALL would suffice
e-530 LOUD SPEAKER: this is more usually one word, LOUDSPEAKER
e-B7F SYMBOLS SIGN: generally 'sign' seems to be used for an actual
physical sign, 'symbol' for a written symbol; for consistency with the
surrounding characters, this would have to be SYMBOLS SYMBOL
e-54D ROLODEX: this is a company name, and is probably trademarked
e-553 FOOT PRINTS: this is more usually one word, FOOTPRINTS
e-805 BLACK SILK HAT: perhaps TOP HAT instead
e-80F A DIE: few other names have an article; if DIE is ambiguous,
perhaps SIX-SIDED DIE would do
e-972 MEAT ON A BONE: perhaps this could omit the article, and just
be MEAT ON BONE
e-974 ROASTED SWEET POTATO: perhaps just SWEET POTATO would suffice
e-97C LOLLYPOP: this is more usually LOLLIPOP
Markus Scherer
Thanks for the updated version with preliminary font images; it's a
great help.
e-82C HASH KEY: shouldn't this be U+0023 U+20E3 as with the numbers?
it seems to be consistent with the numbers for each carrier
Second, comments on proposed character names:
General comments: it's not always clear what the distinction is
between HEAD and FACE in names; it might be better to stick to one of
these unless there's a clear distinction. The cat faces mostly seem
to parallel some of the human faces, but the corresponding names
aren't always consistent; perhaps they should be.
e-1BA BABY CHICK, e-1BB FRONT-FACING BABY CHICK: 'chick' refers to a
baby chicken, so 'baby' is redundant here and could be omitted
e-4D6 HIGH HEELED SHOE: perhaps HIGH-HEELED SHOE might be better
e-4DD PRIZE BAG: perhaps MONEY BAG instead
e-54D ROLODEX: this is a company name, and is probably trademarked
Rick McGowan
> PUMPS: http://code.google.com/p/emoji4unicode/issues/detail?id=60
Even worse. I like Doug Davidson's suggestion better than that.
Rick