Re: how can I write an arabic square root

From: Markus Scherer (markus.scherer@jtcsv.com)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 13:01:19 EST


munzir taha wrote:

> It's just a english square root symbol flipped horizontally. I think
> there should be one in the unicode, doesn't it?

It is the task of the font and the layout engine to mirror certain character's glyphs in a right-to-left context.
Sometimes there is another character whose glyph is close to a mirrored version (see BidiMirroring.txt), but generally this is better done graphically or through glyph selection.

markus



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