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<p class="MsoNormal">The most recent versions of Unicode (versions 5.2 and 6.0) have added several new script tags that are missing in the second edition of ISO/IEC 14496-22 “Open Font Format” specification and the corresponding version of the OpenType 1.6.
The current list of script tags can be found in the subclause 6.4.1 of 14496-22 and is available here:
<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec160/scripttags.htm"><span style="color:windowtext">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec160/scripttags.htm</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The newly defined Unicode script tags include the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Description<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Comment<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">armi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Imperial Aramaic<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">avst<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Avestan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">bamu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bamum<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">batk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Batak<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 6.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">brah<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brahmi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 6.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">egyp<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Egyptian hieroglyphs<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">kthi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kaithi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">lana<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tai Tham (Lanna)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">lisu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lisu (Fraser)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">mand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Mandaic, Mandaean<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 6.0<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">mtei<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Meitei Mayek (Meithei, Meetei)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">orkh<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Old Turkic, Orkhon Runic<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">phli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Inscriptional Pahlavi<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">prti<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Inscriptional Parthian<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="64" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:48.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">samr<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Samaritan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<td width="108" nowrap="" valign="bottom" style="width:81.25pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:12.75pt">
<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">sarb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Old South Arabian<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Consolas">tavt<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Tai Viet<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Unicode 5.2<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We propose to start a new amendment and include the new script tags in the text of the ISO OFF standard and in the OpenType 1.6.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An illustration of the proposed changes can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec160/scripttagsProposed.htm<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Michelle <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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