Oh rats, I intended to send this just to Michael and
later summarize all the feedback I have received.
Sorry for the extra traffic.
>----------
>From: Randy Williams
>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 5:00 PM
>To: Multiple Recipients of
>Subject: RE: RE: Is it a font or an encoding?
>
>Michael,
>
> Thanks for the reply. I tend to agree with you.
>However, I would like to understand what you mean
>by the fact that it is a new encoding but not a new code set.
>What is the difference? I understand that you can have
>a single character set (assume what you mean by code set)
>that can have the characters coded (code position) differently
>to create multiple encodings. But if you change the characters
>in the set then it will change the encoding.
>
> Thanks for helping me understand this better.
>
>Randy
>
>>----------
>>From: Michael Kung <MKUNG@us.oracle.com>[SMTP:MKUNG@us.oracle.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 1997 4:07 AM
>>To: Multiple Recipients of
>>Subject: Re: RE: Is it a font or an encoding?
>>
>><<Message: RE: Is it a font or an encoding?>>
>>Mmm...
>>
>>In reality, you create a new 'character set' to be used only in font domain.
>>It is a new 'encoding'. But it is not a new code set.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>Michael Kung
>>40P-972 Phone: (650) 506-6954
>>Manager, Server Globalization Technology Fax: (650) 506-7225
>>Languages and Relational Technology Email: mkung@us.oracle.com
>>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>
>>
>
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Tue Jul 10 2001 - 17:20:36 EDT