On 2004.06.09, 08:40, Doug Ewell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> More importantly, mint marks, like currency signs, are indivisible
> entities. They aren't just ordinary letters with a combining mark,
> the way � is just an N with a tilde over it.
�� is just an N with a tilde over it� from a typographical point of
view (just like mint marks).
More: in Portuguese, f.i., "�" is indeed �just an "o" with an acute
over it�, and the acute comes and goes within the same cognate family
("�rg�o" but "organista", e.g.). In Polish, OTOH, "�" and "o" are two
completely distinct letters.
What now -- should Portuguese texts be set with U+006F U+0301 and
Polish texts with U+00F3...?
(BTW: what about cattle iron brand marks? ;-)
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