Re: Concerning proposals

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Apr 12 2002 - 07:05:36 EDT


At 21:40 -0400 2002-04-11, 11-Digit Boy wrote:
>>This is a barrier erected for three reasons:
>>
>> 1. If a proposed character can't pass the font test -- i.e., nobody can
>> come up with a usable font that contains it -- then it may be of
>> rather marginal usefulness, since apparently people *aren't* using it.
>> Of course, historical materials printed with lead type or other
>> technologies may be exceptions, if no one has gotten around to
>> constructing modern computer fonts for it yet.
>>
>
>Hmmm... Printed??? Ogham and Gothic come to mind.

There are plenty of documents printed using these scripts, both in
lead type and modern bitmap and outline fonts.

>Why does the printed word get so much more respect than the written word?

I don't know what you mean.

-- 
Michael Everson *** Everson Typography *** http://www.evertype.com



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