On Thu, 17 May 2012 20:41:19 +0200 Philippe Verdy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is it really the Latin letter x in question there, if it's use is to > be a visible placeholder to hold diacritic vowel marks ? The Latin > letter has the problem of is dual case (not found in the Lao script, > and a too large variation across many font styles, when the > multiplication sign × would probably fit better for its use as a > placeholder. You're the only other person I've met who thinks that it is U+00D7 MULTIPLICATION SIGN, but the evidence is against us. Emacs, Ununtu and Windows all reckon that the Lao keyboard has 'x'. Richard.
