I'm afraid this is offtopic for this list, but since you started...
PS> Note also that, at least in French, Catalan and Walloon [...] the
PS> shape of the cedilla can be just stroke, a comma like or even a
PS> single dot below the letter [...]
Typographical conventions vary very much between countries, and what
is acceptable for speakers of one language in one territory may be
completely wrong in a different culture. (In other words: the devil
is in generalisation.)
While I have seen French text printed with an unconnected cedilla, to
eyes trained for French such shapes most definitely look fanciful.
Juliusz
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