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Superscript q doesn't render on Apple devices #10

Closed molund closed 10 months ago

molund commented 1 year ago

The indigenous name for Brooks Penninsula Park contains a superscript q which renders properly on Windows but doesn't render on Mac or iOS devices. I think maybe it's not supported in Windows either but it's falling back to a different system font.

𐞥 U+107A5 : MODIFIER LETTER SMALL Q

ShawnTurple commented 1 year ago

@molund can you confirm this is the issue, the difference between the image overlay, and the text image

https://news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2018ENV0022-000864

molund commented 1 year ago

There is a high likelihood that the superscript q was used in error in the Protected Areas of British Columbia Amendment Act of 2018, but now it is part of BC Law, and it may require new legislation to change it.

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstats/2089126546 https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/laws/stat/sbc-2000-c-17/latest/sbc-2000-c-17.html

It's probably supposed to be the "Canadian Syllabics Ke" character, not a superscript q. https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+146B

Having support for the superscript q might still be very helpful in the meantime.