From: Andrew West (andrewcwest@gmail.com)
Date: Fri Aug 11 2006 - 05:01:53 CDT
On 11/08/06, Doug Ewell <dewell@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> That's true for almost all newly encoded characters. It'll be a while
> before you can assume most users have a font that supports N'Ko or
> Phags-Pa.
>
Yes, I thought about that, but there is a big difference between
general purpose symbols and specific scripts. If you have a web page
with Phags-pa text, it is quite reasonable to specify a particular
Phags-pa font in the stylesheet and ask the reader to download and
install that font in order to view the Phags-pa text (you can safely
asume that if they are interested in reading Phags-pa they will be
happy to go the trouble of installing a special font). On the other
hand, if you are putting a padlock or external link symbol on your
page that you hope everyone will be able to see, it is not reasonable
to ask casual visitors to your site to download a particular font.
Andrew
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