Re: ISO 15924 French name "Gotique": a typo...???

From: Eric Muller (emuller@adobe.com)
Date: Fri May 21 2004 - 18:12:43 CDT

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Michael Everson wrote:

> Collins-Robert Senior Dictionnaire Français-Anglais Anglais-Français
>
> gothique [architecture, style] Gothic. écriture ~ Gothic script
>
> That means Fraktur
>
> gotique [ling] Gothic
>
> That means Wulfilan
>
> Stet.

Le Petit Robert (1987) concurs with your assement:

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GOTIQUE. Voir GOTHIQUE 3º
GHOTIQUE 3º Écriture gothique, écriture à caractères droits, ... ◊ Ling. 
n. m. Le gothique ou (plus souvent) GOTIQUE, langue des Goths, rameau 
oriental des langues germaniques.
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So does Vendryes in Fossey: the relevant chapter title is “Écriture 
gotique.”
Eric.

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