Re: Umlauts (was Re: Elves and Ill Bethisad)

Quoting Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...>:

> Actually, i now feel that the dots on lowercase I's and J's are
> extraneous ornaments.  I learned this attitude from a Spanish teacher
> of mine, in fact, and got used to it when using pens that didn't make
> dots very well.  Now i only dot my |i|s and |j|s when my handwriting is
> so bad that they can be confused with other letters - usually |e| for
> |i| and |g| for |j|.
I feel that the dot over |i| is extremely important. This mainly because in my
handwriting it's frequently the only thing which distinguishes an |i| from a
line connecting two letters ...

The dot over |j| is less crucial, but helps in rapid handwriting, where |g|
often looks like a dotless |j|.

                                                   Andreas

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