It is rather difficult to read the tiny, *sans-serif* (it should be serif) type in the Unicode book. I mean the character indices. In sans-serif of about 4 points, an 8 *does* look like a B.
Maybe I should use a magnifier? Do you use one?
$B!!!!$i$s$^(B $B!z$8$e$&$$$C$A$c$s!z(B
$B!!!_$"$+$M(B
$B!<!<!<!<!<(B PTKA IZGT F SFNNGYGB ZRMSFTB WM
$B!!$"$^$s$1(B NFEGT FM MGYWPRMKA FM F SFNNGYGB IWOG
$B$M$1$"$:!!(B IWKK QGT FT IPQGT ZFXG GHRFK YWJZNM.
$B$i$s$^!!!!(B
$B!<!<!<!<!<(B
$B$$$$$J$:$1(B
--- Original Message ---
$B:9=P?M(B: "Michael (michka) Kaplan" <michka@trigeminal.com>;
$B08@h(B: unicode@unicode.org;11 <11@onna.com>;
Cc:
$BF|;~(B: 01/06/17 0:34
$B7oL>(B: Re: RE: First of many newbie questions
>From: "$B$F$s$I$&$j$e$&$8(B" <11@onna.com>
>
>> 2) GET THE FREAKING BOOK AND LOOK AT IT and don't so anything stupid like
>confuse "8" with "B".
>
>No one would ever do this, really. The real world does foolish things like
>use standard keyboards that do not lie to us with what we type, on top of
>standard fonts that do not try to fool us into type things we do not want.
>It actually takes a great deal of [non-productive] work to make one's
>computer be as completely dishonest as this sort of anser implies.
>
>Thankfully Robert, none of us would ever be that foolish, right? :-)
>
>MichKa
>
>Michael Kaplan
>Trigeminal Software, Inc.
>http://www.trigeminal.com/
>
>
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