The difference between the Arabic Kaf (U+0643) and the Persian Kaf (U+06A9) is in it's final form. The Arabic Kaf has a Hamza and is missing the diagonal line above the glyoh. Kind Regards, Houman
-----Original Message----- From: Magda Danish (Unicode) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Farsi Keheh +06A9 vs. Arabic Kaf +0643 ?? Hello, I received this email and was hoping that someone on the list (Roozbeh, maybe) would shed some light on this issue. Please cc Laura Tull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thank you, Regards, Magda Danish Administrative Director The Unicode Consortium 650-693-3921 ******** BECOME A MEMBER OF THE UNICODE CONSORTIUM NOW ******** BE AMONG THE FIRST TO RECEIVE YOUR FREE COPY OF THE UNICODE STANDARD V4.0 AND WE'LL ADD YOUR NAME IN THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SECTION OF THE NEW BOOK DETAILS SOON ON http://www.unicode.org/unicode/consortium/join.html **************************************************************** > -----Original Message----- > Date/Time: Wed Dec 11 09:55:25 EST 2002 > Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Report Type: Other Question, Problem, or Feedback > > I'm trying to find out some information about the extended > Arabic character KEHEH (06A9), which the code chart indicates > is used in the Persian (Farsi) language. Staff familiar with > Persian in the library use the Arabic letter KAF (0643) > instead of this and the two characters look the same to them. > What is the difference? If no difference, why two code points? > > This was noticed as soon as we tried using the Farsi(Persian) > keyboard in Windows 2000. It contains the KEHEH character > but does not have a KAF. I have already made inquiries of > Microsoft about this and the character that looks like the > KAF to us definitely maps to 06A9. > > Is there an expert in the Persian language who could help? > > Laura Tull > Systems Librarian > Ohio State University > > -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- > (End of Report) > >
