Hi,
It seems to me that these are all different shapes of one letter
<hamza>. But <heh+hamza above) is a mixture of two letters: <heh> and a
transformed <yeh>. It is not even a ligature, because it is not supposed
to be handled by font to write <heh+hamza above> instead of <heh and yeh>.
Best
-khanban-
Abi Lover wrote:
> I don' agree with Khanban's reasons for not using the letter form <heh
> + hamzeh above>. The same reasons could be given for not using <vav +
> hamzeh above>. For example, {mas'ul} could also be written as {mas
> ool} (with alef instead of hamzeh), and {so'a^l} could also be written
> as {so aal} (with alef-madd instead of hamzeh); and it is quite
> possible that in the distant future people will start writing them
> that way. However, if it is true that the Unicode standard encodes
> this shape in a way that is not compatible with Farsi, then that would
> be a justifiable reason for not adopting it in the standard. But in
> that case, it should be explained in the standard why it cannot be
> adopted, and it should also be explained (especially for the benefit
> of software developers for whom Farsi is not the native language) that
> this shape is commonly used in Farsi, and that there is nothing to
> stop font dev! elopers and application developers from supporting this
> shape as a ligature, provided that it is properly implemented so that
> it can be correctly parsed into its appropriate Unicode equivalents.
>
> I have also noticed that on the latest ISRI standard for a Farsi
> keyboard layout, this shape is not supported either. It supports <vav
> + hamzeh above>, and even supports some obscure Arabic characters
> which are hardly ever used in Farsi, such as the <Arabic round T>, and
> <Arabic yeh with two dots below>, but not <heh + hamzeh above>, which
> is extensively used in farsi. There is no justification for this. The
> purpose of such standards should not be to tell people how to write
> Farsi. People decide how to write Farsi. The standard should encode
> and standardize what people write. A keyboard layout is not dependent
> on Unicode encodings. Since this letter form is used extensively in
> Farsi, it should be possible to enter it with a single stroke of the
> keyboard, as is the case with <vav + hamzeh above>, instead of having
> to type two key strokes to write it; and font and software d!
> evelopers should be guided to support it as a ligature in their fonts
> and applications.
>
> Abi
>
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