Michel MarianiThe latest version v18.1.0 of the open-source application "Unicopedia Sinica" is now available, embedding all data files required to display CJK ideographs as SVG glyphs in the "CJK Sources" and "CJK Variations" utilities...
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mikaeru/116300905939195821
- Technically speaking, Khitan Small Script and Yi script are not included (yet) in the data for non-Han ideographic scripts.
- The Jurchen and Seal scripts are poised to be officially added to Unicode 18.0 in September 2026...
- BabelStone (Andrew West) reference links:
🔗 https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Jurchen/
🔗 https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Khitan/
🔗 https://www.babelstone.co.uk/Yi/
#Unicode #Ideographic #Unihan #CJK #CJKV #Jurchen #Khitan #Nüshu #Seal #Tangut #Yi
Thanks to @jlhwung, the so beautifully crafted 'BabelStone Han' font by Andrew West (魏安), is alive and well!
The latest version 17.0.0, made of 'BabelStoneHanBasic.ttf' and 'BabelStoneHanExtra.ttf', is available from:
🔗 https://github.com/babelstone/babelstonehan-ufo/releases/latest
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mikaeru/115583941639906512
Generally, new CJK Ideographs proposed by members of the IRG (Ideographic Research Group) go through several rounds of exchanges/discussions until they get approved or possibly postponed or rejected.
For instance, here is the page dedicated to UK-20538 ⿰㐅也 (with images as "pieces of evidence"), which eventually made its way to Unicode 17.0, encoded as U+323BF :
The latest version of the open-source application "Unicopedia Sinica" is now available, adding support for all the new CJK/Unihan characters defined in Unicode 17.0.
The Ideographic Research Group (IRG) is responsible for preparing and reviewing sets of CJK unified ideographs to be included in the Unicode Standard.
Current and future IRG source prefixes used to be listed in the main IRG homepage, but are now available in a separate dedicated page:
The Ideographic Research Group (IRG) is responsible for preparing and reviewing sets of CJK unified ideographs to be included in the Unicode Standard.
The IRG homepage is now including comprehensive lists of current and future IRG source prefixes...
Zi Tools, by Yi Bai: a wealth of information about all #Chinese characters defined in #Unicode, and even more...
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Yet another full index of CJKV Ideographs
Unicopedia Sinica is a developer-oriented set of #Unicode utilities related to ideographs, wrapped into one single app, built with #Electron.
Repository: 🔗 https://codeberg.org/tonton-pixel/unicopedia-sinica
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