At 09:04 11/29/2001, Michael Everson wrote:
>Odd. The Irish Gaelic typewriters had capital and small acute accents, and
>capital and small dots above. That took two keys, though, and French uses
>more than two diacritical marks.
It's been a long time since I looked at an old French typewriter, so I
cannot remember how the accents were arranged. I've suggested to my
colleague Jean-François Porchez, one of the leading French type designers
and typography teachers, that he write a short article about the French use
of uppercase accented letters for his website.
Regards, John
Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
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