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Missing U+266A Eighth Note and U+266B Beamed Eighth Notes for full subtitle support #121

Open thlinard opened 1 month ago

thlinard commented 1 month ago

♪ U+266A Eighth Note use is defined as such in Netflix Timed Text Style Guide:

"I.15. Songs Song lyrics should be enclosed with a music note (♪) at the beginning and the end of each subtitle."

https://partnerhelp.netflixstudios.com/hc/en-us/articles/217350977-English-USA-Timed-Text-Style-Guide

♫ U+266B Beamed Eighth Notes use is defined as such in BBC Subtitle Guidelines:

"9.3.2 Characters permitted online In addition to the characters above, the following characters are allowed if the subtitles are intended for online use only. online € ♫ (replaces # to indicate music) ← → (arrows can replace < and >)."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/accessibility/forproducts/guides/subtitles/#Characters-permitted-online

Both characters are widely used in subtitles.