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From the Unicode 9.0.0 announcement [0]: > Important symbol additions include: > 19 symbols for the new 4K TV standard I am wondering, why did they add sy
by systemfreund 10y ago
From the Unicode 9.0.0 announcement [0]:
> Important symbol additions include:
> 19 symbols for the new 4K TV standard
I am wondering, why did they add symbols for a standard which will become obsolete eventually?
[0]: http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode9.0.0/ http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode9.0.0/
- paler 10y agoFor the same reason that they also include symbols for many obsolete (dead) languages and writing systems, as well as (per a comment above) a character used by the 1959 IBM 1401 computer (https://github.com/shirriff/groupmark https://github.com/shirriff/groupmark). The need to be able to discuss a certain technology in writing does not disappear just because it is out of general use.
- Someone 10y agoThey have symbols for languages that _have_been_ obsolete for centuries, if not millennia. Also, if popular, these kinds of things tend to outlive their technology. For prime examples, look at http://graphemica.com/ http://graphemica.com/, http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%96%AA http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%96%AA, http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%96%AB http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%96%AB, and http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%96%AC http://graphemica.com/%F0%9F%96%AC (to be fair, I think that is overdoing it)
- TorKlingberg 10y agoI found the proposal with the new symbols here: http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15238-n4671.pdf http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2015/15238-n4671.pdf They were proposed by Japan, and intended for TV electronic program guide. If it makes you happier, one of the symbols is for 8K.