(Yerushala(y)im with CGJ) with different versions of Uniscribe (on Windows 2000). In each case CGJ is rendered as a square box in each of several fonts. This behaviour indicates that actually Uniscribe treats CGJ as a regular paintable character, but it is not implemented in the specific fonts. So, it seems that if the font designer makes the very simple changes which John Hudson mentioned, "ligating" CGJ with the preceding character, the CGJ solution to the Hebrew problem can be implemented very simply, with no changes to rendering software and simple changes to fonts.
So where is the serious problem with this solution? I don't see one. Nor do the President and the Technical Director of the Unicode Consortium. Perhaps the only problem was a misunderstanding of the properties of CGJ, which I hope has now been resolved.
That would be nice indeed. I'm going to test this, but will need to add CGJ to my font first. I'll report back in a few days.
As Peter Constable noted, though, we need to be sure that the use of CGJ in this context is clearly defined and, most importantly, is not going to conflict with other possible uses. Uniscribe may, in fact, handle the character in a way that works now, but if so we need to confirm that this is intentional and is not going to change.
John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Vancouver, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The sight of James Cox from the BBC's World at One,
interviewing Robin Oakley, CNN's man in Europe,
surrounded by a scrum of furiously scribbling print
journalists will stand for some time as the apogee of
media cannibalism.
- Emma Brockes, at the EU summit
