We really have two problems: defining the HTML character set adequately and
providing an adequate set of glyph images to match the charater set.
I agree with Terry that extending the character entities defined to include
more of those defined in ISO 8879 and the extensions in ISO TR 9573 would
help. But I'd need the whole collection, and I can see where a lot of casual
users might find it a burden.
There may be ways of handling the glyph collections, if you have enough disk
space. Ed Smura, who was the project editor for ISO 9541 and 10036 (on fonts
and glyphs) has been working on a possibly public-domain "World Font" as a
byproduct of his team's having supported the publication of ISO 10646. You can
reach Ed at Readi Consultants, 2961 Copa de Oro, Los Alamitos, CA 90720,
310-596-4457. Some of the work is also being done at the School of Printing,
Rochester Institute of Technology.
Dr. James D. Mason
(ISO/IEC JTC1/SC18/WG8 Convenor)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Information Management Services
Bldg. 2506, M.S. 6302, P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6302 U.S.A.
Telephone: +1 615 574-6973
Facsimile: + 1 615 574-6983
Network: masonjd @ ornl.gov