[Myanmar] FW: Myanmar Shan Unicode - Part 6

[Michael Everson]

Hello Khwaan Tai,

>When checking to see where the most used Shan characters are used in 
>the block, I have noticed the names and codes for the Shan Tones are 
>incorrect to see from the block on page 7 and Unicode Character 
>Properties on page 2. Please correct me if what I have observed 
>could be wrong.

I think the names on page 7 are correct and the names on page 2 are 
wrong. Thank you for that correction.

>Three more characters to be considered for the inclusion in the block

If I understand your examples correctly the answer is that there is no problem.
A font must have these glyphs, but that does not mean that there are 
different characters involved.

After MEDIAL YA, U takes the shape of your 55, correct. So a font 
should substitute the correct shape in the context after MEDIAL YA. 
Note that in some cases

The same goes your 56. After MEDIAL YA, UU takes this shape. A font 
must do the but the encoding is still UU.

And the same goes for your 61. A font must have more than one MEDIAL 
RA, for narrow and wide characters.

>All Shan Characters used in the Block
>To make sure that we have the most necessary characters encoded for 
>the standard, I have circled those in the boxes with Cyan Color in 
>addition to the Cyan and Yellow color boxes. Michael can point out 
>whether what have done is correct. Please see this in "Tai 
>Unicode" a JPEG file in the zipped folder.

I am not at home; I am in Scotland and cannot check my source 
materials. It looks to me as though you are correct.

Best regards,
-- 
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com