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'''Rebecca Gabriella Bettencourt'''<ref>{{cite web|url=//kreativekorp.com|title=Welcome to KreativeKorp|author=Bettencourt, Rebecca|username=|date=|website=KreativeKorp|publisher=|access-date=2024-01-22|quote=}}</ref>{{aside|{{w|Third-person pronoun|pronouns}}: {{pronouns|she}}}}, known in [[Toki Pona]] as '''{{tok|jan Lepeka}}''' {{aside|1={{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}: <div style="display:inline-block;">{{sps|jan [lili en pona en kule ale]}}</div>; [[name glyph]]: {{sps|melinjakulekule}}}}, is an American software engineer, font designer, typesetter, and the founder and the maintainer of the [[Under-ConScript Unicode Registry]] (UCSUR). Outside of [[Toki Pona]], she is a lifetime individual member of the {{w|Unicode Consortium}},<ref>{{cite web|url=//home.unicode.org/membership/members|title=Members|author=|username=|date=|website=Unicode|publisher=|access-date=2024-02-12|quote=}}</ref> and has authored and co-authored [[Unicode]] proposals, such as for the {{w|Symbols for Legacy Computing}} block.<ref>{{cite web|url=//unicode.org/L2/L2017/17435r-terminals-prop.pdf|title=Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS|author=Ewell, Doug, Rebecca Bettencourt, Michael Everson, Eduardo Marín Silva, Elias Mårtenson, Mark Shoulson, Shawn Steele, and Rebecca Turner|date=2018-04-23|website=Unicode|publisher=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>
'''Rebecca Gabriella Bettencourt'''<ref>{{cite web|url=//kreativekorp.com|title=Welcome to KreativeKorp|author=Bettencourt, Rebecca|username=|date=|website=KreativeKorp|publisher=|access-date=2024-01-22|quote=}}</ref>{{aside|{{w|Third-person pronoun|pronouns}}: {{pronouns|she}}}}, known in [[Toki Pona]] as '''{{tok|jan Lepeka}}'''{{aside|1={{tp|[[sitelen pona]]}}: <span style="display:inline-block;">{{sps|jan [lili en pona en kule ale]}}</span>; [[name glyph]]: {{sps|melinjakulekule}}}}, is an American software engineer, font designer, typesetter, and the founder and the maintainer of the [[Under-ConScript Unicode Registry]] (UCSUR). Outside of [[Toki Pona]], she is a lifetime individual member of the {{w|Unicode Consortium}},<ref>{{cite web|url=//home.unicode.org/membership/members|title=Members|author=|username=|date=|website=Unicode|publisher=|access-date=2024-02-12|quote=}}</ref> and has authored and co-authored [[Unicode]] proposals, such as for the {{w|Symbols for Legacy Computing}} block.<ref>{{cite web|url=//unicode.org/L2/L2017/17435r-terminals-prop.pdf|title=Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS|author=Ewell, Doug, Rebecca Bettencourt, Michael Everson, Eduardo Marín Silva, Elias Mårtenson, Mark Shoulson, Shawn Steele, and Rebecca Turner|date=2018-04-23|website=Unicode|publisher=|access-date=2024-01-22}}</ref>


Her [[name glyph]] {{aside|a.k.a. {{tp|melinjakulekule}}}} combines {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyphs for {{tp|[[meli]]}}, {{tp|[[nja]]}} and {{tp|[[kule]]}},<ref name="ssk">{{cite web|url=https://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/sitelenselikiwen/|title={{tok|sitelen seli kiwen}}|website=KreativeKorp|author={{tok|jan Lepeka}}|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref> and its meaning is "colorful queer catgirl."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sona.pona.la/wiki/User:JanLepeka|title=User:{{tok|JanLepeka}}|website=sona.pona.la|author={{tok|jan Lepeka}}|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref>
Her [[name glyph]] {{aside|a.k.a. {{tp|melinjakulekule}}}} combines {{tp|sitelen pona}} glyphs for {{tp|[[meli]]}}, {{tp|[[nja]]}} and {{tp|[[kule]]}},<ref name="ssk">{{cite web|url=https://www.kreativekorp.com/software/fonts/sitelenselikiwen/|title={{tok|sitelen seli kiwen}}|website=KreativeKorp|author={{tok|jan Lepeka}}|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref> and its meaning is "colorful queer catgirl."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sona.pona.la/wiki/User:JanLepeka|title=User:{{tok|JanLepeka}}|website=sona.pona.la|author={{tok|jan Lepeka}}|access-date=2024-02-29}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 00:36, 13 May 2024

Rebecca Gabriella Bettencourt[1] (pronouns: she/her), known in Toki Pona as jan Lepeka (sitelen pona: jan [lili en pona en kule ale]; name glyph: melinjakulekule), is an American software engineer, font designer, typesetter, and the founder and the maintainer of the Under-ConScript Unicode Registry (UCSUR). Outside of Toki Pona, she is a lifetime individual member of the Unicode Consortium,[2] and has authored and co-authored Unicode proposals, such as for the Symbols for Legacy Computing block.[3]

Her name glyph (a.k.a. melinjakulekule) combines sitelen pona glyphs for meli, nja and kule,[4] and its meaning is "colorful queer catgirl."[5]

Fonts[edit | edit source]

jan Lepeka's Fairfax font family includes sitelen pona coverage. The Fairfax Pona series and the sitelen seli kiwen font family are specialized for sitelen pona.

Input methods[edit | edit source]

jan Lepeka has created a keyboard layout that maps to the sitelen pona UCSUR range.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Bettencourt, Rebecca. "Welcome to KreativeKorp". KreativeKorp. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  2. "Members". Unicode. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. Ewell, Doug, Rebecca Bettencourt, Michael Everson, Eduardo Marín Silva, Elias Mårtenson, Mark Shoulson, Shawn Steele, and Rebecca Turner. (23 April 2018). "Proposal to add characters from legacy computers and teletext to the UCS". Unicode. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  4. jan Lepeka. "sitelen seli kiwen". KreativeKorp. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  5. jan Lepeka. "User:JanLepeka". sona.pona.la. Retrieved 29 February 2024.