RE: Farsi Keheh +06A9 vs. Arabic Kaf +0643 ??

From: Houman Pournasseh (houmanp@windows.microsoft.com)
Date: Wed Dec 11 2002 - 13:45:07 EST

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    The difference between the Arabic Kaf (U+0643) and the Persian Kaf
    (U+06A9) is in it's final form. The Arabic Kaf has a Hamza and is
    missing the diagonal line above the glyoh.
    Kind Regards,
    Houman

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Magda Danish (Unicode) [mailto:v-magdad@microsoft.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:19 AM
    To: unicode@unicode.org
    Subject: Farsi Keheh +06A9 vs. Arabic Kaf +0643 ??

    Hello, I received this email and was hoping that someone on the list
    (Roozbeh, maybe) would shed some light on this issue. Please cc Laura
    Tull <tull.9@csu.edu.>

    Thank you,
    Regards,

    Magda Danish
    Administrative Director
    The Unicode Consortium
    650-693-3921

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > Date/Time: Wed Dec 11 09:55:25 EST 2002
    > Contact: tull.9@osu.edu
    > Report Type: Other Question, Problem, or Feedback
    >
    > I'm trying to find out some information about the extended
    > Arabic character KEHEH (06A9), which the code chart indicates
    > is used in the Persian (Farsi) language. Staff familiar with
    > Persian in the library use the Arabic letter KAF (0643)
    > instead of this and the two characters look the same to them.
    > What is the difference? If no difference, why two code points?
    >
    > This was noticed as soon as we tried using the Farsi(Persian)
    > keyboard in Windows 2000. It contains the KEHEH character
    > but does not have a KAF. I have already made inquiries of
    > Microsoft about this and the character that looks like the
    > KAF to us definitely maps to 06A9.
    >
    > Is there an expert in the Persian language who could help?
    >
    > Laura Tull
    > Systems Librarian
    > Ohio State University
    >
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