At 21:40 -0400 2002-04-11, 11-Digit Boy wrote: >>This is a barrier erected for three reasons: >> >> 1. If a proposed character can't pass the font test -- i.e., nobody can >> come up with a usable font that contains it -- then it may be of >> rather marginal usefulness, since apparently people *aren't* using it. >> Of course, historical materials printed with lead type or other >> technologies may be exceptions, if no one has gotten around to >> constructing modern computer fonts for it yet. >> > >Hmmm... Printed??? Ogham and Gothic come to mind.
There are plenty of documents printed using these scripts, both in lead type and modern bitmap and outline fonts. >Why does the printed word get so much more respect than the written word? I don't know what you mean. -- Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com
