From: Mike Ayers (mike.ayers@tumbleweed.com)
Date: Mon Jan 19 2004 - 17:13:36 EST
> It use in Han is/will be restricted to cases where a base
> character can
> have multiple glyphic forms which some people may want to distinguish
> in plain text. In all cases where variation selectors are
> being used,
> it's because the underlying *identity* of the character is constant,
> but its particular glyph cannot be determined fully by context and
> font/font settings.
I'm a little confused by this. I'm sure you're not talking about
script variations (traditional/simplified), but I'm not sure what that
leaves. Is this to deal with the variations in numerals (everyday numerals
vs. the special ones used for checks, etc.)? I'm just looking for a trivial
example. Should I check the archives?
Thanks,
/|/|ike
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