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Re: Unicode yogh?

From:And Rosta <a.rosta@...>
Date:Sunday, November 18, 2001, 20:37
> And Rosta scripsit: > > > AFAICS from the glyph inventory display in Word with Lucida, t with > > comma under it is in "private use area" and is followed by g with dot > > under it. I can't fint t-comma or yogh in the Latin Extended B block. > > I can't find either in Arial. > > Yes, both those fonts are pre-3.0. > I snarfed the latest version of Code2000 from the net, and it > has nice round-topped glyphs for cap and small yogh. Earlier versions > lacked it. Get it from http://home.att.net/~jameskass/CODE2000.ZIP . > If it works for you, send James his US$5.00 .
Wow, what a font! How could we have done without it! Everyone here should go download it.
> > What I admired about it is that he was Right, but Right > > about a point most people would think far too trivial to be concerned > > with, yet he went to immense pains to state with great clarity and at > > great length the arguments for there being a yogh/ezh distinction. > > And not only was he Right, but he was Successful, as in his other argument > that Thorn should sort after Z as a distinct 27th letter of the Latin > alphabet.
Though the credit for his having been successful must partly go to those who heeded him. Just as the blame for failure of those in the right is due to the deaf ears upon which right's arguments fall.
> Let us all rejoice, for twice has the Right triumphed.
"Twice has Right triumphed" sounds better. "the Right" sounds political. --And.

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John Cowan <cowan@...>