Re: So much for Unicode being character-based, not glyph-based

From: John H. Jenkins (jenkins@apple.com)
Date: Fri Dec 17 2010 - 12:37:08 CST

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    On Dec 17, 2010, at 9:32 AM, Doug Ewell wrote:

    >> °ღ•ŚℋÚßℋÁℳ ŚℋÁℛℳÁ●•٠·˙
    >
    > This doesn't prove anything about Unicode being glyph-based or
    > character-based. It demonstrates that Unicode encodes a lot of letters
    > and symbols, some of which are rendered with glyphs that look similar to
    > others.
    >

    And that, as in so many other aspects of life, people will use Unicode the way they want to, not the way they’re supposed to.

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