From: James Kass (thunder-bird@earthlink.net)
Date: Sat Dec 08 2007 - 19:28:29 CST
Peter Constable wrote,
>> I'm inclined to graciously accept whatever is available.
>
> In general, total lack of vetting may get you into trouble.
That's a safe observation to make. I'm compelled to point out, though,
that gracious acceptance isn't necessarily the same as blind acceptance.
>> In the case of the U.D.H.R. in Unicode Vai, the contributors' page at
>> http://www.unicode.org/udhr/contributors.html
>> says the Vai translation was facilitated by Charles Riley.
>
> I have confidence in the translation, then. But what about the typesetting?
Isn't it the best typesetting of Unicode Vai you've ever seen?
Since this is electronic text, a font developer may make any adjustments
to glyph design and kerning deemed desirable, display the results with
the font being developed, and compare those results with the original.
Using a font during its development to populate charts is all very well.
Displaying some kind of running text with that font is even better.
So, having several pages of computer plain-text Unicode Vai is very
helpful, indeed. Additional examples would be graciously accepted.
Best regards,
James Kass
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