RE: Unicode is optimal for Chinese/Japanese multilingual texts

[Karlsson Kent - keka]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomohiro KUBOTA [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
...
> > the variant glyphs between Serbian and Russian when in the italic form
...
> > many other examples ...
> 
> Is the difference important enough for average Serbian and
> Russian people not to buy products which confuse them?
> Is it impossible to design a glyph which both Serbian and
> Russian can read?

The glyphs look quite different.  For one of them the difference
is like between small-cap T and m (glyphwise!).  For another it's
like the difference between a Greek small-cap gamma, and an
upsidedown s. Similarly for at least two more characters.
(See attached gif; not of my making, but publicly circulated
on the Unicode e-mail list during the time there was a heated
debate on this; I did not participate...)

                Kind regards
                /kent k

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