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

Tim May writes:
 > 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).
 >
But not, apparently, on _my_ post.