A multilingual library

2001-05-26 Thread Sorin Paliga
Has anybody a good idea about the best solution for a middle size library database which would deal with books in various languages and would also behave ok on both Mac and Win? -- Sorin Paliga [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A Europe of fonts

2001-05-25 Thread Sorin Paliga
the case of the four modern European scripts (Latin, Greek, Cyrillic and Armenian) is quite special. Although they are clearly separate writing systems, by the point of view of a linguist, they may be considered as one and the same script by the point of view of a typographer. [...] -- Sorin Paliga

Single Unicode Font

2001-05-25 Thread Sorin Paliga
you are right about metafonts and the possible alternatives, including the different behavior of various scripts. it is imperious to have a clear mind where we wish to get, and then solutions are found, sooner or later. -- Sorin Paliga [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Single Unicode Font: yes

2001-05-24 Thread Sorin Paliga
interested. The students at UCLA are perhaps familiar with them as late Marija Gimbutas and Shan Winn worked on this for years. Dr. Sorin Paliga University of Bucharest Slavic Dept [EMAIL PROTECTED]