Re: Accented IJ

From: Martin Heijdra (mheijdra@princeton.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 29 2003 - 09:05:53 EDT

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    Yes, I could type my messages using i and j. I could NOT type/display
    properly z-i-acute-j-acute-n...

    Martin Heijdra

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com>
    To: "Doug Ewell" <dewell@adelphia.net>
    Cc: "Unicode Mailing List" <unicode@unicode.org>; <unicore@unicode.org>;
    <thomas@nedstat.com>
    Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 5:05 PM
    Subject: Re: [OT] multilingual support in MS products (was Re: Kurdish
    ghayn)

    > At 08:43 AM 4/28/2003, Doug Ewell wrote:
    >
    > >BTW, notice in this thread how consistently users are typing the
    > >individual letters I and J to refer to the precomposed IJ character.
    > >That should tell us a lot about how necessary this precomposed character
    > >really is to support Dutch.
    >
    > Oh, I was doing it to reinforce the point that the precomposed IJ
    character
    > is unnecessary. An entire discussion devoted to this character can be
    > conducted entirely with the characters I and J :)
    >
    > John Hudson
    >
    > Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
    > Vancouver, BC tiro@tiro.com
    >
    > As for the technique of trimming the nib,
    > Do not be greedy!
    > I will not reveal its nuances; I withhold its secrets.
    > - Ibn al-Bawwab, Ra'iyyah
    >
    >
    >



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