[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit:

> I've been told by a respected and experienced Hebrew
> font maker that it is IMPOSSIBLE to get all the Tiberian
> Hebrew marks on 1 font under the Unicode system.  

I am no font designer, but certainly having dots appear in different
sizes/places depending on the base character is very straightforward
in all modern Unicode-loving font technologies.

> I attempted to re-use other Semitic dots first, only
> going into Euro, left-to-right blocks where it was
> unavoidable.

Fair enough, though combining marks have no inherent script or directionality.

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