On 08/11/2004 01:18, Michael Everson wrote:
We are discussing the issue of whether they are the same script or not, and on what grounds the UTC has decided (provisionally, because subject to ISO confirmation which is still under ballot) that they are not. It isn't exactly helpful to an argument to presuppose its conclusion.At 17:10 -0800 2004-11-07, Doug Ewell wrote:
But didn't someone already point out that with OpenType tables, it would be relatively easy to map "alternate" Phoenician glyphs to the existing Hebrew code points?
That would presume that Phoenician and Hebrew are the same script, Doug, which they are NOT.
By the way, I am not a font designer either. I am a linguist and translator with a software background.
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