From: "11 digit boy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Why does Unicode only have space for 1114112 glyphs?
Unicode only defines characters, not glyphs. > That is 1114112, I think. Something like that. It looks nicer in hex. > You ever notice how characters in different writing systems seem to be made out of only a small number of parts? Like if you write an N backwards, you get a Russian vowel, or if you write a five with the top stroke shorter and tilted a little bit, with the tilt just right, you get a hiragana ra? I suppose. Generally speaking, people do not think of it that way. This is a (IMHO) dangerous practice of trying to explain one language/script in terms of another. > Do font makers ever use this? Like with the five and the ra? Perhaps they do, but generally speaking they would be doing a huge disservice to a script to take this route, and add a layer of complexity in terms of new operations like rotation, flipping, etc. I am inclined tobelieve that they do not. MichKa Michael Kaplan Trigeminal Software, Inc. http://www.trigeminal.com/
