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# FTP file name: SYMBOL.TXT
#
# Contents: Map (external version) from Mac OS Symbol
# character set to Unicode 2.1
#
# Copyright: (c) 1994-1999 by Apple Computer, Inc., all rights
# reserved.
#
# Contact: charsets@apple.com
#
# Changes:
#
# b03 1999-Sep-22 Update contact e-mail address. Matches
# internal utom<b3>, ufrm<b3>, and Text
# Encoding Converter version 1.5.
# b02 1998-Aug-18 Encoding changed for Mac OS 8.5; add new
# mapping from 0xA0 to EURO SIGN. Matches
# internal utom<b3>, ufrm<b3>.
# n05 1998-Feb-05 Update to match internal utom<n5>, ufrm<n15>
# and Text Encoding Converter version 1.3:
# Use standard Unicodes plus transcoding hints
# instead of single corporate characters, also
# change mappings for 0xE1 & 0xF1 from U+2329
# & U+232A to their canonical decompositions;
# see details below. Also update header
# comments to new format.
# n03 1995-Apr-15 First version (after fixing some typos).
# Matches internal ufrm<n4>.
#
# Standard header:
# ----------------
#
# Apple, the Apple logo, and Macintosh are trademarks of Apple
# Computer, Inc., registered in the United States and other countries.
# Unicode is a trademark of Unicode Inc. For the sake of brevity,
# throughout this document, "Macintosh" can be used to refer to
# Macintosh computers and "Unicode" can be used to refer to the
# Unicode standard.
#
# Apple makes no warranty or representation, either express or
# implied, with respect to these tables, their quality, accuracy, or
# fitness for a particular purpose. In no event will Apple be liable
# for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages
# resulting from any defect or inaccuracy in this document or the
# accompanying tables.
#
# These mapping tables and character lists are subject to change.
# The latest tables should be available from the following:
#
# <ftp://ftp.unicode.org/Public/MAPPINGS/VENDORS/APPLE/>
# <ftp://dev.apple.com/devworld/Technical_Documentation/Misc._Standards/>
#
# For general information about Mac OS encodings and these mapping
# tables, see the file "README.TXT".
#
# Format:
# -------
#
# Three tab-separated columns;
# '#' begins a comment which continues to the end of the line.
# Column #1 is the Mac OS Symbol code (in hex as 0xNN)
# Column #2 is the corresponding Unicode or Unicode sequence
# (in hex as 0xNNNN or 0xNNNN+0xNNNN).
# Column #3 is a comment containing the Unicode name.
# In some cases an additional comment follows the Unicode name.
#
# The entries are in Mac OS Symbol code order.
#
# Some of these mappings require the use of corporate characters.
# See the file "CORPCHAR.TXT" and notes below.
#
# Control character mappings are not shown in this table, following
# the conventions of the standard UTC mapping tables. However, the
# Mac OS Symbol character set uses the standard control characters
# at 0x00-0x1F and 0x7F.
#
# Notes on Mac OS Symbol:
# -----------------------
#
# The Mac OS Symbol encoding shares the script code smRoman
# (0) with the Mac OS Roman encoding. To determine if the Symbol
# encoding is being used, you must check if the font name is
# "Symbol".
#
# Before Mac OS 8.5, code point 0xA0 was unused. In Mac OS 8.5
# and later versions, code point 0xA0 is EURO SIGN and maps to
# U+20AC (the Symbol font is updated for Mac OS 8.5 to reflect
# this). Note: U+20AC is new with Unicode 2.1; for earlier Unicode
# versions, Mac OS Symbol 0xA0 may be mapped to private-use
# character U+F8A0.
#
# The layout of the Mac OS Symbol character set is identical to
# the layout of the Adobe Symbol encoding vector, with the
# addition of the Apple logo character at 0xF0.
#
# This character set encodes a number of glyph fragments. Some are
# used as extenders: 0x60 is used to extend radical signs, 0xBD and
# 0xBE are used to extend vertical and horizontal arrows, etc. In
# addition, there are top, bottom, and center sections for
# parentheses, brackets, integral signs, and other signs that may
# extend vertically for 2 or more lines of normal text. In general,
# Unicode does not encode such fragments, so these are mapping
# using corporate-zone Unicode characters (see below).
#
# In addition, Symbol separately encodes both serif and sans-serif
# forms for copyright, trademark, and registered signs. Unicode
# encodes only the abstract characters, so one set of these (the
# sans-serif forms) are also mapped using corporate-zone Unicode
# characters (see below).
#
# The following code points are unused, and are not shown here:
# 0x80-0x9F, 0xFF.
#
# Unicode mapping issues and notes:
# ---------------------------------
#
# The goals in the mappings provided here are:
# - Ensure roundtrip mapping from every character in the Mac OS
# Symbol character set to Unicode and back
# - Use standard Unicode characters as much as possible, to
# maximize interchangeability of the resulting Unicode text.
# Whenever possible, avoid having content carried by private-use
# characters.
#
# Some of the characters in the Mac OS Symbol character set do not
# correspond to distinct, single Unicode characters. To map these
# and satisfy both goals above, we employ various strategies.
#
# a) If possible, use private use characters in combination with
# standard Unicode characters to mark variants of the standard
# Unicode character.
#
# Apple has defined a block of 32 corporate characters as "transcoding
# hints." These are used in combination with standard Unicode characters
# to force them to be treated in a special way for mapping to other
# encodings; they have no other effect. Sixteen of these transcoding
# hints are "grouping hints" - they indicate that the next 2-4 Unicode
# characters should be treated as a single entity for transcoding. The
# other sixteen transcoding hints are "variant tags" - they are like
# combining characters, and can follow a standard Unicode (or a sequence
# consisting of a base character and other combining characters) to
# cause it to be treated in a special way for transcoding. These always
# terminate a combining-character sequence.
#
# The transcoding coding hints used in this mapping table are four
# variant tags, 0xF870-72 and 0xF87F. Since these are combined with
# standard Unicode characters, some characters in the Mac OS Symbol
# character set map to a sequence of two Unicodes instead of a single
# Unicode character.
#
# For example, the Mac OS Symbol character at 0xE2 is an alternate,
# sans-serif form of the REGISTERED SIGN (the standard mapping is for
# the abstract character at 0xD2, which here has a serif form). So 0xE2
# is mapped to 0x00AE (REGISTERED SIGN) + 0xF87F (a variant tag).
#
# b) Otherwise, use private use characters by themselves to map
# Mac OS Symbol characters which have no relationship to any standard
# Unicode character.
#
# The following additional corporate zone Unicode characters are
# used for this purpose here:
#
# 0xF8E5 radical extender
# 0xF8E6 vertical arrow extender
# 0xF8E7 horizontal arrow extender
# 0xF8F4 curly bracket extender
# 0xF8FF Apple logo
#
# NOTE: The graphic image associated with the Apple logo character
# is not authorized for use without permission of Apple, and
# unauthorized use might constitute trademark infringement.
#
# Details of mapping changes in each version:
# -------------------------------------------
#
# Changes from version n05 to version b02:
#
# - Encoding changed for Mac OS 8.5; 0xA0 now maps to 0x20AC, EURO
# SIGN. 0xA0 was unmapped in earlier versions.
#
# Changes from version n03 to version n05:
#
# - Change strict mapping for 0xE1 & 0xF1 from U+2329 & U+232A
# to their canonical decompositions, U+3008 & U+3009.
#
# - Change mapping for the following to use standard Unicode +
# transcoding hint, instead of single corporate-zone
# character: 0xE2-0xE4, 0xE6-0xEE, 0xF4, 0xF6-0xFE.
#
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