On 28/06/11 19:13, Doug Ewell wrote:
I think Michael was finding fault, not with the italicizing of "a"
(U+0061) in fonts, but with that of "ɑ" (U+0251), a much less common
letter, one for which I can't find usage other than in IPA, which
*normally* wouldn't be italicized.
If I believe wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C9%91), it is also
used in Fe'fe', a Southern Bantoid language spoken in Cameroon by
123,700 persons (in 1982). That’s why there’s also a capital Ɑ. So,
Times New Roman Italic, whose a and ɑ are identical, is not a good font
for that language.
Jean-François Colson
