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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing#H... Specifically https://www.uni
by quink 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_for_Legacy_Computing#H...
Specifically https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-terminals-prop.pdf https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19025-terminals-prop.pdf covering, among others, all the teletext characters.
- saurik 2y agoLet me be more specific: I don't understand why pac-man and fragments of chess pieces and race cars or alienate--essentially all of these sections of "game sprites", which is what jumped out at me as they dominate the first page of this proposal--are being included in Unicode. I do understand why the various block drawing characters used in teletext schemes should be included.
- lifthrasiir 2y agoBecause they provide a round-trip compatibility with those character sets, which have been one of the defining goals of Unicode from the very beginning. The same reason that various ornaments and dingbats and even emojis did end up in the Unicode.