[Biblical-languages] Unicode code points for NT text-crit symbols?
Peter Kirk
peterkirk at qaya.org
Fri Sep 12 03:47:02 EDT 2003
On 11/09/2003 18:58, biblang at ntresources.com wrote:
> I think these are the correct Unicode code points for NT text-crit?
>
> U+2135, aleph (i.e., Siniaticus)
Yes, when used as a symbol in left-to-right text. Use U+05D0 for Hebrew
text.
>
> U+214C, Majority text symbol
This one isn't in Unicode 4.0, it's an unspecified code point. Did this
one come from someone's proposal? It doesn't seem to be in the TLG
proposals, most of which were recently accepted. (See p.235 of
http://www.tlg.uci.edu/TLGUnicode2.pdf, which is however misleading.)
But U+1D510 is suitable and is actually specified in Unicode 4.0 as "=
New Testament majority text". Similarly U+1D516 is specified as "=
Septuagint, Greek Old Testament". (This is all online at
http://www.unicode.org/charts/.)
>
> U+1D513, papyri symbol
Yes, if you want a capital. Or you could use U+1D52D for a small letter.
>
>
> But what about the double square brackets used, e.g., for the ending
> of Mark in UBS/NA? Is there such a Unicode symbol? I've been searching
> and haven't found one, though I would have expected such.
Well, there are U+301A and U+301B. But I'm not sure if these should be
used outside a CJK (far eastern) context. Or maybe it has simply been
assumed that these are sequences of two brackets. It is surprising that
there is no mention of these in http://www.tlg.uci.edu/TLGUnicode2.pdf.
I would think that there is a good chance of these being accepted as new
characters, as the usage is well established.
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> Rod Decker
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