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:::Also, please note that I'm not following a range- or block-based approach for character support. Very early in this discussion I had considered that, but I'm not convinced it's the best idea. I'm well aware that many fonts do not provide coverage for entire blocks. Trying to provide that comprehensive support "piecemeal" as we're attempting here is not going to be simple. Even surveying the handful of fonts I have, for the couple dozen character groups I have, I know it's tedious and imperfect. Yet I think the result is still beneficial. ⇔ <span style="font-size-adjust:0.54; font-family:'P22 Declaration Script','American Scribe','National Archive', Ovidius, 'Ovidius Script', Horizon, 'Final Frontier Old Style', Charcoal, Virtue;">[[User:ChristTrekker|ChristTrekker]]</span> 14:55, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
Some of the groups seem arbitrary; for example, ⟨⌘⟩ is used on keyboards, ⟨⏨⟩ in ALGOL, and ⟨📼⟩ as an emoji, and yet they are all in the "technology" group. Useful groups are those with characters likely to be used together, like {{tl|Script}} (and its subtemplates), {{tl|Music}}, and {{tl|IPA}}. I agree with {{diff|Template talk:Unicode|prev|526732533|DePiep's points}}: we must identify groups that would actually be used. [[User:Gorobay|Gorobay]] ([[User talk:Gorobay|talk]]) 23:14, 31 December 2012 (UTC)
:(Apologies for not replying sooner; I hadn't noticed the comment.) Yes, ⌘ is used on ''computer'' keyboards, ⏨ is used in a ''computer'' programming language, 📼 directly represents a piece of technology. Groupings like "technology" might not be quite as objective as the ones for "plant" and "food" but I think they'd still be useful. Perhaps it's a bit too generic or overly broad, I guess that's open for debate. On the other hand, I already have about two dozen groups—how many is too many? Remember, the main point is to suggest a font that would contain the symbols instead of leaving it completely up to the UA's font substitution: Segoe UI Symbol contains 117⁄125 of them (for technology) so that's a win. ⇔ <span style="font-size-adjust:0.54; font-family:'P22 Declaration Script','American Scribe','National Archive', Ovidius, 'Ovidius Script', 'Horizon BT', 'Final Frontier Old Style', Charcoal, Virtue;">[[User:ChristTrekker|ChristTrekker]]</span> 14:27, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
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