I was peeping in file <http://www.unicode.org/Public/UNIDATA/ArabicShaping.txt> when I noticed this: ... # Unicode; Schematic Name; Joining Type; Joining Group ... # Arabic characters ... 0624; HAMZA ON WAW; R; WAW ... # Syriac characters ... 0718; WAW; R; WAW ... Isn't it sad that two different Joining Groups, in two different scripts, have the same name "WAW"? The Joining Group should serve to identify the basic shapes of the character (without the dots, diacritics, etc.), but Arabic and Syriac letter waw have of course different shapes. What about renaming one or both of them? This could be done simply by adding the adjective "ARABIC" or "SYRIAC" to one or both. _ Marco
