Re: Font packaging and Unicode Private Use Areas
Hi Paul,
Thank you for your opinion. Then I think there is no problem to just
go ahead with the custom font. Afterall, the user's
apt install STUFF
command means "I accept this software's side effect".
On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 09:52:22AM -0700, Paul Hardy wrote:
> > 1. What's the best practice for fonts that occupies PUA plane?
> > ...
> > My personall opinion is to do nothing more than adding a notice to
> > package description, saying that "this package ships a font that
> > occupies the whole Unicode PUA plane 16".
>
> My opinion is go ahead and create a font that uses all of Plane 16.
>
> I am not a Debian Developer, but I am the Debian Maintainer of the GNU
> unifont package, which has a variant that uses the PUA in Plane 0 and
> Plane 15.
>
> The unifont package includes one variant that contains glyphs from the
> ConScript Unicode Registry (CSUR)[1] and the Under-CSUR[2]. The CSUR
> is a popular PUA assignment because it contains scripts such as
> Tengwar and Klingon. Almost all of its scripts are in Plane 0. A
> couple of very large scripts are in Plane 15.
>
> Another important set of PUA 0 assignments is that of the Medieval
> Unicode Font Initiative (MUFI)[3].
>
> I do not know if any other font in Debian uses Plane 16, but I think
> it would be rare if one exists and likely for a very different purpose
> than what you intend.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
> Paul Hardy
>
> [1] https://www.evertype.com/standards/csur/
> [2] https://www.kreativekorp.com/ucsur/
> [3] https://folk.uib.no/hnooh/mufi/
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