On 2003.03.18, 22:04, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin wrote on 03/18/2003 09:46:30 AM: > > > > U+00D0: The glyph that appears in the code charts for U+00D0 is > > > shown in LtnCapEth_DStrk.gif. Now, the African Reference Alphabet > > > document that was produced at a conference in Niamey in 1978 > > > proposed a small letter that looks like U+00F0 LATIN SMALL LETTER > > > ETH, but the capital counterpart is like the glyph shown in > > > LtnCapEthLrgSqLC.gif. This is quite different in appearance from > > > the representative glyph for U+00D0. Should this be considered a > > > glyph variant of U+00D0, or should it be considered a distinct > > > character? > > > > I guess it is yes a glyph variant but rather for U+0189. > > Eh? No, the only thing it could be a glyph variant of is U+00D0. What > would make you think to make it a variant of 0189?
Well, considering the context (Niamey Conference etc.), I supposed that this glyph is intended for Ewe (or any other african languages using U+0189), and not for Faroese, Icelandic etc (which use U+00D0) nor Vietnamese, Croatian, Lappish etc (which use U+00D0). (I apparently overlooked your sentence �proposed a small letter that looks like U+00F0 LATIN SMALL LETTER ETH� -- silly me.) Naturally, the glyph prescribed in the Unicode charts for U+0189 is identical to those of U+00D0 and U+0110, a stroked "D" (I just consulted U0000.pdf, U0100.pdf and U0180.pdf, downloaded from the unicode web site in june 2002 -- hopefully they're current), but, as said, differencing in the same language/alphabet the LC forms U+0256 and U+0111 (or U+00F0 ?) might very well have been the motive to create this glyph. (Some time later.) But... OTOH, I understand what you mean. The *shape* of the glyph suggests that it is intended to be an upper case form of eth, indeed U+00D0. I see. That would be much more complicated to get somewhere, wouldn't it? Not directly a Unicode issue, but worth some consideration. BTW -- how old is the "stroked D" glyph? IIRC, U+00F0 was initially an erse, uncial shape letter, with no upper case form... -- ____. Ant�nio MARTINS-Tuv�lkin | ()| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |####| R. Laureano de Oliveira, 64 r/c esq. | PT-1885-050 MOSCAVIDE (LRS) N�o me invejo de quem tem | +351 917 511 459 carros, parelhas e montes | http://www.tuvalkin.web.pt/bandeira/ s� me invejo de quem bebe | http://pagina.de/bandeiras/ a �gua em todas as fontes |
