On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Michael Everson wrote: > Doesn't matter where it's encoded. It is to be considered, if you > will pardon the term, as a kind of dingbat, if I understand correctly.
I don't have anything against the term. Others may. > Because it isn't a "logo", is used officially and obligatorily in > government documents in at least two countries, one of which does not > normally use the Arabic script, and it isn't reasonable to expect > people to type it in I can't understand why everyone talks about typing the thing letter by letter. Which other compatiblity character is typed in letter by letter? VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF?! roozbeh
