On Sun, 09 Sep 2012 20:13:20 +1000, Daniel wrote: > Jens Hatlak wrote: >> Daniel wrote: >>> And, speaking of German, to me that is an "Other Languages", along with, >>> Russian, Fin, Chinese, etc. >> >> Well, that's part of the problem. In a localized build, say, German, >> English would be among "other languages", just like anything that is not >> German. Contrary to that, technically the "Other Languages" option is >> completely independent from your localization. It just evaluates to >> Unicode. > > Yeap, because the Localized build has been made for a specific user > (you), so you set it up to use your main language and any "other > language" is, well, under "other Languages"!! > >> >>> Unicode, etc, are "Other Fonts", aren't they?? >> >> No. Unicode is not a font, it's an encoding. And for each encoding you >> can select which fonts to use. >> >> Greetings, >> >> Jens >> > > O.K., so are you suggesting I could use "Times New Roman" as a Unicode > font or I could use "Times New Roman" as a Western(1831 or whatever) font?? > > If that is the case, what advantage would there be in using, for > example, Unicode Times new Roman compared to using Western(1831 or > whatever) Times new Roman??
Depends. Do you routinely receive email or visit webstites written in Urdu or Chinese or Sinhalese or Hebrew? If so having a font set that supports a larger range of unicode code points is an obvious advantage. I have currently installed a unicode font that supports all the latest Unicode 6.1 code points including the new Japanese Emoji. Now I'm pretty sure that I'll never have a use for the character representing a "pile of poo" but it's somehow comforting to know that the Japanese have a character available for any conceivable situation. Phil -- Philip Chee <[email protected]>, <[email protected]> http://flashblock.mozdev.org/ http://xsidebar.mozdev.org Guard us from the she-wolf and the wolf, and guard us from the thief, oh Night, and so be good for us to pass. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
