Re: ZWJ, ZWNJ and VS in Latin and other Greek-derived scripts

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Fri Jan 26 2007 - 01:30:27 CST

  • Next message: Ruszlan Gaszanov: "RE: ZWJ, ZWNJ and VS in Latin and other Greek-derived scripts"

    Ruszlán Gaszanov <ruszlan at ather dot net> wrote:

    > Consider φ <U+03C6> (GREEK SMALL LETTER PHI) and ϕ <U+03D5> (GREEK PHI
    > SYMBOL) for instance. <U+03D5> only exists to enforce "straight"
    > glyph in mathematical context. Wouldn't it be more sensible to apply,
    > let's say VS1 <U+FE00> to <U+03C6> to enforce "loopy" glyph and VS2
    > <U+FE01> to enforce "straight" glyph where distinction is important,
    > while leaving it to the font designer to chose the glyph for pain
    > "VS-less" <U+03C6>.

    U+03C6 and U+03D5 existed in Unicode for ten years before the variation
    selectors were added. 

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