Ken Whistler especially may be pleased to learn that the following
was discussed on the TYPO-L list today:
At 09:06 -0400 2002-10-23, Richard Kegler wrote:
From: Joe Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Discussion of Type and Typographic Design
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 20:33:12 -0400
To:
I have several questions about character identities.
First, is it compliant with Unicode for an Antiqua font to use an s
glyph for ſ (U+017F)? It makes switching between Antiqua and Fraktur
fonts possible, and it is arguably the glyph given to the middle s in
modern Antiqua fonts.
Likewise, ä
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From: David Starner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 7:00 PM
Subject: Character identities
Likewise, ä is printed as a with e above in old texts.* Would it be
acceptable to make a font with a a^e glyph for ä? It's not even
David Starner wrote:
First, is it compliant with Unicode for an Antiqua font to use an s
glyph for ſ (U+017F)? It makes switching between Antiqua and Fraktur
fonts possible, and it is arguably the glyph given to the middle s in
modern Antiqua fonts.
Likewise, ä is printed as a with e above in
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