> David Tooke wrote:
> The bidirectional algorithm mentions mirrored glyphs. The reference code handles
>them by replacing these characters with their mirror image. Is this the preferred
>method of doing this? If so, is there any where in the Unicode database that
>correlates the two characters?
No, but it isn't hard to guess for the most part. Some math operators, though,
do not have mirrored counterparts as characters.
> Otherwise, do I render just render the glyph in reverse, flipping the glyph along
>the horizontal axis?
That is a more reliable method.
> Wouldn't this screw up italicised characters?
Hmm, an excellent point. Most math operators probably don't have natural
italic/slant versions, though.
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