Re: In Search Of......Oethala

Peter Clark writes:
 > On Saturday 24 August 2002 08:37, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 > > On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 11:35:56AM +0100, Barbara Barrett wrote:
 > > > Hi all ;-)
 > > >
 > > > Once again I ask your asistance, this time to see how well the oethala
 > > > crosses platforms.  So what do you see below and what platform are you
 > > > working on.
 > > >
 > > >  $,1 r (B upper case Oethala (O+E ligature)
 > >
 > > Shows up as a blank box (like a dotted outline). Certainly nothing like an
 > > O+E ligature.
 > >
 > > >   $,1 s (B lower case oethala (o+e ligature)
 > >
 > > Doesn't appear at all, unfortunately.
 > >
 > > This is a Linux system.
 >
 >         Probably a matter of fonts or encoding, because on my Linux box, I could see
 > them fine. Except when I hit reply, at which point they turned into little
 > boxes. Copy + paste restored them. Looking at Barbara's email, I see that it
 > was sent in iso-8859-1 encoding, which makes sense. Do you have Mutt set up
 > to automatically detect encodings? And what font do you use for your VT? The
 > 'fixed' font might not be 8859-1 compatible.
 >         :Peter
 >

On my (Linux) system, they didn't show up at all in previous posts,
but your copy and past here works.  (That is, they show up above).

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