At 02:20 PM 3/14/02 -0800, Mark Davis wrote:
>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.)
That makes your thinking more clear. I get your point.
Some additional comments:
The statement "one font can't handle all of unicode" is the way that the
myth is usually expressed by the 'user on the street'. The answer to that
form of the myth is given in two stages.
Stage one: While this is usually true in a literal sense, it is not a
problem, it's a red herring.
Stage two: your text above.
Or something similar to your text above, like:
"It is false that: I need a single font for all characters in Unicode in
order to display any (possible) Unicode text."
The misunderstanding that would leave out the (possible) from the sentence
above is also rife and rampant, and requires a slightly different answer
than the version with the (possible) inserted. The former is a fundamental
misconnect on the subject of the relation of encoding to repertoire, the
other is equivalent to the issue in your statement, except that it
addresses all possible strings as opposed to any single one and therefore
resonates differently with those people that have bought into the "Unicode
is universal" part of the posture.
Don't know whether any of this contributes any longer in a meaningful way
to your redrafting your slides.
A./
>Mark
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>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>
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>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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