Dear Igor, Thank you for your detailed response. I believe we have what we need to start our analysis work on Latin and Armenian. We very much appreciate your assistance. Best, Dennis From: Igor Mkrtumyan <imkrtumyan@isoc.am> Reply-To: "imkrtumyan@isoc.am" <imkrtumyan@isoc.am> Date: Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at 8:23 AM To: Dennis Tan Tanaka <dtantanaka@verisign.com>, "ArmenianGP@icann.org" <ArmenianGP@icann.org> Cc: "'Tan Tanaka, Dennis via Latingp'" <latingp@icann.org>, 'Pitinan Kooarmornpatana' <pitinan.koo@icann.org>, Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Latin-Armenian cross-script variant analysis Dear Tan, The most common Armenian fonts used in Internet applications are Arian AMU, Arial, Times New Roman, Sylfaen. Their Armenian small H did look like a Latin Small H. I am attaching two screenshots from the most popular Armenian Internet media sites to convince you that they are homoglyphs. They set de-facto standard for the most of the Internet applications. At the same time I admit that there can be other fonts but they are rarely used. Thank you Igor From: Tan Tanaka, Dennis [mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2017 7:49 PM To: imkrtumyan@isoc.am; ArmenianGP@icann.org Cc: 'Tan Tanaka, Dennis via Latingp'; 'Pitinan Kooarmornpatana'; 'Sarmad Hussain' Subject: Re: Latin-Armenian cross-script variant analysis Dear Igor, As a follow-up to my previous email. One of the Latin panel members noted that he sees a different type face using the same compart.com URL. He was using a Win10 computer, whereas I was using a Mac. In his case, U+0570 did look like a Latin Small H, and the type face in-use was DejaVu Serif (http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/samples/DejaVuSerif.pdf, see page 11). I believe this is in-line with what the Armenian panel was dealing with. In light of this information, let me tweak my earlier question: - What type face(s) (i.e. fonts) is/are in current and regular use by internet applications for the Armenian script? Thank you, Dennis From: Dennis Tan Tanaka <dtantanaka@verisign.com> Date: Friday, December 15, 2017 at 9:37 AM To: "imkrtumyan@isoc.am" <imkrtumyan@isoc.am>, "ArmenianGP@icann.org" <ArmenianGP@icann.org> Cc: "'Tan Tanaka, Dennis via Latingp'" <latingp@icann.org>, 'Pitinan Kooarmornpatana' <pitinan.koo@icann.org>, Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org> Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] RE: Latin-Armenian cross-script variant analysis Dear Igor, Thank you for your prompt response. I hope this email gets delivered with the images as it is better that way to convey what we are trying to achieve. Let’s use Armenian Small Letter HO (U+570) as an example. Below, you should see the three visual representations from 1) compart.com<https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+0570> (the URL you recommended), 2) Unicode<https://unicode.org/cldr/utility/character.jsp?a=570&B1=Show> and 3) The Armenian LGR proposal. [cid:image001.png@01D37EF2.35E98C40] [cid:image002.png@01D37EF2.35E98C40] [cid:image003.png@01D37EF2.35E98C40] Observations: - The visual representations (i.e. type face) from compart.com and Unicode match, but the representation in the Armenian LGR proposal is different. - The Armenian LGR proposes Latin Small Letter H as variant of Armenian Small Letter HO because they were found to be homoglyphs per the panel. - The Latin GP wishes to learn what are the common type faces used in internet applications, such as browsers in order to do our variant analysis. - Question: is the following premise true? The type face used by compart.com or Unicode (shown above) is not representative of current use by internet applications. - Question: which type face(s) does the Armenian GP used in your LGR document as seen above? And, is the type face used in Armenian LGR proposal representative of current use by internet applications? I hope this is helpful. Alternatively, I can jump into a quick call to explain all this. Thank you. Best, Dennis From: Igor Mkrtumyan <imkrtumyan@isoc.am> Reply-To: "imkrtumyan@isoc.am" <imkrtumyan@isoc.am> Date: Thursday, December 14, 2017 at 6:53 AM To: Dennis Tan Tanaka <dtantanaka@verisign.com>, "ArmenianGP@icann.org" <ArmenianGP@icann.org> Cc: "'Tan Tanaka, Dennis via Latingp'" <latingp@icann.org>, 'Pitinan Kooarmornpatana' <pitinan.koo@icann.org>, Sarmad Hussain <sarmad.hussain@icann.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] RE: Latin-Armenian cross-script variant analysis Dear Dennis, We are very glad to receive a letter from you and the Latin GP. It signifies that we can finalize soon our Proposal for an Armenian Script Root Zone LGR. The most commonly used Armenian type face (based on current use on Internet applications, such as websites and browsers) can be seen here https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/scripts/Armn . It differs slightly from the Unicode default. However we are ready to discuss your objections and come to an agreement. What code point seems doubtful to you to be considered as a homoglyph? Thank you and best regards Igor Mkrtumyan Armenian GP From: Tan Tanaka, Dennis [mailto:dtantanaka@verisign.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 2:23 AM To: imkrtumyan@isoc.am; ArmenianGP@icann.org Cc: Tan Tanaka, Dennis via Latingp; Pitinan Kooarmornpatana; Sarmad Hussain Subject: Latin-Armenian cross-script variant analysis Dear Armenian GP, The Latin GP is initiating work on Latin/Armenian cross-script variant analysis. To this end, we want to use the Proposal for an Armenian Script Root Zone LGR, version 7 of 2015-11-05 as a reference. In your proposal, there are seven cross-script Latin/Armenian variant sets. However, we cannot replicate your results for the exception of one code point. The reason for this is the choice of type face. Our wg cannot find the type face the Armenian GP used to do the visual comparison. We kindly ask your help in understanding the following: · What is the type face (i.e. font) that the Armenian GP used in their analysis? · Was the decision of using a different type face different that the Unicode’s default (i.e. type face used in Unicode code charts) based on current use on Internet applications, such as websites and browsers? Please elaborate to the extent possible. Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer this email. Sincerely, Latin GP, variant group