On 01/08/2002 12:36:31 PM Michael Everson wrote: >>In tengwar.pdf, it was suggested that two fonts would be needed. There is >>yet one more possible solution: that language tagging determines the >>shaping behaviour, and that for certain languages the combining marks are >>positioned over the following character, similar to the dead RA. > >No, because one can write the same language in different modes.
Are there, then, two different writing systems (based on the same script) for the same langauge? What determines when a given language is written in one mode or the other? - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
