At 18:38 +0100 2003-02-11, Marco Cimarosti wrote:

- code: U+213B
- name: FACSIMILE SIGN
- compatibility decomposition: U+0046 U+0041 U+0058
- translation in plain English: a character to encode the word "FAX", in all
capitals.
Surely not. I am pretty sure that is the Icelandic word FAX, genitive F�X, meaning 'mane'. (Cf Gandalf's horse "Shadowfax".) In this case it's the name that's misleading.
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Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com



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