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

From: Doug Ewell (dewell@adelphia.net)
Date: Sat Jan 27 2007 - 13:02:41 CST

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    Richard Wordingham <richard dot wordingham at ntlworld dot com> wrote:

    > So how would they handle the English words 'brae' and 'does' (ligature
    > prohibited) and 'Ca‍esar' and 'co‍elom' (ligature optional)? Should
    > the first two be spelt with ZWNJ?

    The recommendation would almost certainly be to use U+00E6 and U+0153
    for the latter two if the ligature is desired, with the understanding
    that this solution doesn't extend to every possible ligation
    opportunity. 

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