Re: compatibility characters (in XML context)

From: Anto'nio Martins-Tuva'lkin (antonio@tuvalkin.web.pt)
Date: Sat Nov 15 2003 - 16:50:19 EST

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    On 2003.11.14, 23:08, Kenneth Whistler <kenw@sybase.com> wrote:

    > U+FE73 ARABIC TAIL FRAGMENT
    > (for compatibility with some old IBM Arabic code pages)
    >
    > The whole block of box drawing characters, U+2500..U+257F
    > (for compatibility with numerous old code pages)

    Perhaps a bit off topic but while U+FE73 is made completely useless by
    modern computer font techniques and would be only found in legacy data,
    the U+2500..U+257F block may have legitimate typographycal use nowadays,
    wouldn't it?

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