At 14:27 10/10/2001, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
>No, it's not a fifth form. It's just the initial form. Since Heh is too
>similiar to the Arabic digit five, when refering to the letter, an initial
>form is usually used. The glyph in at U+0647 in Unicode charts is just
>that...
I know it is based on the initial form, but I have seen a number of
typefaces in which it is designed as a separate, variant glyph, the usual
characteristic of which is that the left connecting stroke of the initial
form is truncated. I've attached a small graphic showing the five forms.
John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
Type is something that you can pick up and hold in your hand.
- Harry Carter
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