On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Thomas Chan wrote:
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, Michael (michka) Kaplan wrote:
>
> > Robert (11 digit boy) said:
> > > font is used to display Japanese or such. I think that
> > > there is a certain 5-stroke character that will answer it.
> > > It is U+5E73.
> >
> > Well, there is a difference here:
> >
> > Japanese/CHS version: ( \ / )
> > Korean/CHT version: (/ \)
> > Although I suppose this could be font differences, too? "Pseudo Verified"
> > on a WinXP system with the following fonts:
> Yes, there are simply font differences. The latter form, with the
> diagonal strokes arranged like / \, is the more canonical form, typically
> seen in printing when using the kinds of fonts that you tested with.
> However, the former form, with the diagonal strokes positioned like \ /,
> is more of a handwritten form, although you may see it in fonts that more
I totally agree with you. When I saw the first glyph (with \ /)
in Michael's message before going down to the second(with / \), I wondered
what Korean form is if that glyph is not because that's exactly the way
I and most other Koreans 'draw' that character.
Jungshik Shin
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