Basic question: types of diacritics marks

2002-07-18 Thread Adam Twardoch
I have a very basic question. What would be the implementation differences of diacritics marks in a font? For example, we'd consider: U+00B4 acute accent U+02CA modifier letter acute accent U+0301 combining acute accent What are the common recommendations regarding the glyphs in a font

Re: Basic question: types of diacritics marks

2002-07-18 Thread Michael Everson
At 00:56 +0200 2002-07-19, Adam Twardoch wrote: I have a very basic question. What would be the implementation differences of diacritics marks in a font? For example, we'd consider: U+00B4 acute accent This is a spacing acute accent. U+02CA modifier letter acute accent This is also spacing,

Re: Basic question: types of diacritics marks

2002-07-18 Thread John Hudson
At 12:34 AM 19-07-02, Michael Everson wrote: At 00:56 +0200 2002-07-19, Adam Twardoch wrote: I have a very basic question. What would be the implementation differences of diacritics marks in a font? For example, we'd consider: U+00B4 acute accent This is a spacing acute accent. U+02CA

Re: Basic question: types of diacritics marks

2002-07-18 Thread Kenneth Whistler
Adam asked: I have a very basic question. What would be the implementation differences of diacritics marks in a font? For example, we'd consider: U+00B4 acute accent U+02CA modifier letter acute accent U+0301 combining acute accent What are the common recommendations regarding the

Re: Basic question: types of diacritics marks

2002-07-18 Thread Adam Twardoch
Michael, John, Kenneth, thank you very much for the prompt answers. This is exactly how I thought it is (except for 02CA, where I wasn't sure). Adam