Fw: [bidi] Re: New Public Review Issues

["Thomas Milo" <t dot milo at chello dot nl>]

FYI

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Thomas Milo wrote:
> Rick,
> 
> It was me who submitted the report on the incorrect glyphs for Koran
> characters. I proposed to Asmus to change them in the DecoType Naskh
> used for printing the Unicode Standard according to the
> specifications of what is known as the 1924 Cairo codex. I therefore
> provided a complete, annotated scan of the supplement of this first
> authorized typeset Koran, where these new characters are introduced
> and explained to an Arab public. The full text can be downloaded from
> here: 
> 
> www.decotype.com/publications/Cairo_Monday-13_January_1919.pdf
> 
> t
> 
> 
> Rick McGowan wrote:
>> The Unicode Technical Committee has posted two new issues for public
>> review and comment. Details are on the following web page:
>> 
>> http://www.unicode.org/review/
>> 
>> Review periods for the new items close on August 9, 2005.
>> 
>> Please see the page for links to discussion and relevant documents.
>> Briefly, the new issues are:
>> 
>> 73 Representative Glyphs for Arabic Characters U+06DF, U+06E0, and
>> U+06E1
>> 
>> The representative glyphs for several Arabic characters used to
>> annotate the Koran have been reported as being possibly incorrect.
>> The UTC has tentatively decided to revise them as explained in the
>> accompanying document. The UTC invites anyone knowledgeable in their
>> use to provide additional information or recommendations.
>> 
>> 
>> If you have comments for official UTC consideration, please post them
>> by submitting your comments through our feedback & reporting page:
>> 
>>     http://www.unicode.org/reporting.html