[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > > These different uses for the same (or approximately same) glyphs > > Well, are the glyphs the same, or only approximately the same?
They are similar enough that they *can* be represented by the same glyph, but that is not best practice. Best practice is to use right-holam when the letter it is sitting on is a mater lectionis, left (normal) holam when it is a consonant -- which cannot readily be determined on the fly. > > Other typographic curiosities: The HEBREW POINT QAMATS [05B8] is used for > > two Hebrew vowels... > > > The same comment goes for HEBREW POINT SHEVA... > > Same response. I agree that neither of these is relevant to Unicode, any more than the polyphonemic nature of English vowel letters. -- "No, John. I want formats that are actually John Cowan useful, rather than over-featured megaliths that http://www.ccil.org/~cowan address all questions by piling on ridiculous http://www.reutershealth.com internal links in forms which are hideously [EMAIL PROTECTED] over-complex." --Simon St. Laurent on xml-dev
