From: James Kass (thunder-bird@earthlink.net)
Date: Fri Sep 28 2007 - 23:23:22 CDT
Asmus Freytag wrote,
>> William J. Poser wrote,
>>
>>> If the Christian fish is encoded, I demand equal space for the Darwin fish.
>>
>> Shouldn't the latter be considered a glyph variant of the former?
>>
>Glyph variants that have diametrically opposite semantics? I know you
>are a font designer, but that seems to be stretching things a bit - or
>was that still meant in the April Fools' Day context?
Yes, it was intended to be a humorous segué and should be taken
every bit as seriously as the demand for equal space.
Having to maintain separate versions of fonts for true believers,
other believers, and non-believers would be too much of a burden.
(Seriously, such a mis-matched unification might tend to defeat
the universal aspect of the Universal Character Set.)
Best regards,
James Kass
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