From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Mon Nov 08 2004 - 05:39:12 CST
On 08/11/2004 01:18, Michael Everson wrote:
> At 17:10 -0800 2004-11-07, Doug Ewell wrote:
>
>> But didn't someone already point out that with OpenType tables, it would
>> be relatively easy to map "alternate" Phoenician glyphs to the existing
>> Hebrew code points?
>
>
> That would presume that Phoenician and Hebrew are the same script,
> Doug, which they are NOT.
>
We are discussing the issue of whether they are the same script or not,
and on what grounds the UTC has decided (provisionally, because subject
to ISO confirmation which is still under ballot) that they are not. It
isn't exactly helpful to an argument to presuppose its conclusion.
By the way, I am not a font designer either. I am a linguist and
translator with a software background.
-- Peter Kirk peter@qaya.org (personal) peterkirk@qaya.org (work) http://www.qaya.org/
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