Huh? Let me rephrase.
It is false that: I need a single font for all characters in a string in
order to display the string.
(Systems can use heirarchical fonts; programs, like IE, can use backup
fonts -- if a character is not in a font, the switch. In either case, to get
a string displayed all I need is the set of fonts, and the right mechanism
in the system or application.)
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Asmus Freytag" <asmusf@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Mark Davis" <mark.davis@jtcsv.com>; <Martin_Hosken@sil.org>
Cc: <unicode@unicode.org>; <unicore@unicode.org>;
<unicore-bounce@unicode.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 13:39
Subject: Re: More Unicode Myths?
> At 07:45 AM 3/14/02 -0800, Mark Davis wrote:
> > > Or: "One font can handle all of Unicode"
> >
> >should be: "I need a single font with all Unicode characters so that I
can
> >handle all of Unicode"
>
> Actually, as originally stated it's the myth the way it's out there in the
> heads, as reworded it's the Q part of a FAQ.
>
> A./
>
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