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Wanted: Dead or Alive!

#98
From: Glenn A. Adams
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1992 00:44
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I am posting the following request from Rick McGowan, the Chair of the
Unicode New Scripts Subcommittee, who is seeking information on a
variety of scripts for potential inclusion in a future version of
Unicode.

Glenn Adams

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  From: Rick_McGowan@next.com (Rick McGowan)
  Date: Fri, 4 Sep 92 17:25:19 -0700
  To: unicode@sun.com
  Subject: Wanted!  (Advertisement)

  WANTED.  Dead or Alive.  Information concerning any of the following
  scripts.  Prefer information in the form of repertoire listings,
  explanatory material, or bibliographic references to significant sources
  of information easily obtainable by mere mortals within the boundaries of
  the continental US.  Please contact me if you have sighted any of these.
  Allow 10-14 working days for reply.  Void where prohibited.  Post in plain
  sight.

	  Rick_McGowan@NeXT.COM

  Ahom
  Albanian (Buthakukye)
  Assyrian cuneiform
  Avesta (Pazand)
  Aymara script
  Aztec pictograms
  Babylonian cuneiform
  Bamum (Cameroon)
  Buhid
  Chakma
  Cham
  Chieng Mai
  Chola
  Ge'ez script (not modern Ethiopic)
  Hittite hieroglyphics (not the syllabic set)
  Iberian
  Indus Valley script
  Kaithi (original writing for Bihari)
  Kauder script (Micmac Indians)
  Khitan characters
  Khotanese
  Kok Turki runes (Orkhon script)
  Kuoyu
  Lahnda (original writing for Punjabi)
  Lolo script
  Maghreb
  Manchu (Mongolian form)
  Mandaean
  Mangyan
  Manichaean
  Mayan hieroglyphics
  Modi
  Moso (Nasi) ideograms
  Moso phonetic script
  Nuchen characters
  Osmanya script (new script for Somalian)
  Pahlavik (Cursive Pahlavi)
  Parthian
  Paucartambo script
  Phaistos disk script
  Pollard phonetic script
  Proto-Byblic
  Proto-Elamic
  Pyu
  Rejang (on Sumatra)
  Rongo-rongo (Easter Island script)
  Samaritan
  Satavahana
  Sogdian (Uzbekistan)
  Sumerian pictograms
  Tai Lu script
  Tai Nua script
  Tankri
  Vai (Liberia)
  Woleai (Caroline)
  Xixia
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From: glenn@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu (Glenn A. Adams)
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Subject: Wanted: Dead or Alive!
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Date: 5 Sep 92 00:44:49 GMT
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