At 12:26 10/10/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> >I have to point out though that there are only 4 different shapes of heh
> >- not 5 - the first occurrence of heh in word # 2 and # 4 being the
> >same.
>
>Yes, I knew that: five instance illustrating four shapes. I had picked out 
>four words that I though had the four shapes, and then noticed when I was 
>adding the highlighting that one of them had two different shapes.

There is a 5th form of heh: an alternate unconnected form that is used in 
certain contexts. Unfortunately, I do not know exactly what those contexts 
are. Anyone?

Somewhat confusingly, the Unicode glyph charts show the alternate form at 
U+0647, and the typical form at U+FEE9.

John Hudson

Tiro Typeworks          www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC           [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Type is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand.
                                                   - Harry Carter


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