sorting feature for Arabic Kurdish

2004-02-20 Thread Ernst Tremel
Hello, the Arabic sorting feature implemented in Windows XP is not sufficient for sorting Arabc Kurdish. Do you know a sorting feature for Arabic Kurdish? Where can I look for it?Because I'm not able to do it myself. Regards, Ernst Tremel

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-20 Thread Andrew C. West
On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:27:09 -0800 (PST), Kenneth Whistler wrote: Of the 64 entities listed on the page: http://www.chinavoc.com/arts/calligraphy/eightstroke.asp *none* of them are encoded, and *none* of them are standard enough to merit consideration -- if by consideration you mean

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-20 Thread Frank Yung-Fong Tang
As a native Chinese person. I believe 1. The so called eight basic stroke is very standard in concept. But that is only 8. 2. They list 8 different varients for each of the 8 basic stroke. But if you read that page carefully, it does not mean that there are only 8 variants for each stroke,

Re: Codes for Individual Chinese Brushstrokes

2004-02-20 Thread Michael Everson
At 18:27 -0800 2004-02-19, Kenneth Whistler wrote: If you want to know how many stroke types there really are and how their forms are modified in context in various Chinese characters, you should consult with Tom Bishop and Richard Cook, who have an extensive catalog of basic stroke types and

Mother Language Day

2004-02-20 Thread John Cowan
23 February is the fifth International Mother Language Day. See http://tinyurl.com/2fdzc for details. -- Verbogeny is one of the pleasurettesJohn Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] of a creatific thinkerizer. http://www.reutershealth.com -- Peter da Silva

FW: Web Form: Fonts display on Palm OS

2004-02-20 Thread Magda Danish \(Unicode\)
Bob, I am forwarding your email to the Unicode public list http://www.unicode.org/consortium/distlist.html for a possible answer from one of the list's subscribers. --- Magda Danish Administrative Director The Unicode Consortium +1 650-693-3921 -Original

Re: Mother Language Day

2004-02-20 Thread Don Osborn
Thanks for this. The usual observance of IMLD is 21 February, but the more days the better! (Apparently a ceremony at UNESCO will be on 2/23.) I had trouble accessing the URL you provided. The UNESCO page is http://www.unesco.org/education/IMLD2004 . It would be great to get an ICT angle

RE: Mother Language Day

2004-02-20 Thread joe
(Hmm, in Russian mother language (maternij jazik) means something *verry* different. Watch your language! ;-) Joe