Re: Hooked o's and stuff.
From: | Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> |
Date: | Sunday, October 5, 2008, 23:47 |
Den 5. okt. 2008 kl. 23.33 skreiv Herman Miller:
> All the characters are readable (or seem so at least) on my Windows
> XP with Firefox 3.0.1. It may depend on which fonts you have
> available and which version of Uniscribe is installed on your
> Windows system (assuming that your browser uses Uniscribe to
> display text). The acute accent on the hooked o is a little off,
> but it's still visible.
All the browsers except MS Internet Explorer manage to show the
accents. The main problem is that they're off. An oacute with added-
on hook doesn't work either.
> You could include a list of suggested fonts (e.g. Aboriginal Serif,
> Charis SIL, Gentium) in a style sheet for browsers that might not
> default to a suitable font. I don't think there's much you can do
> about the lack of mark positioning in early versions of Uniscribe,
> except to look for a font that by chance has the combining marks in
> a position that looks good.
Yes, possibly another font will fix something, thanks for the
suggestion. Still, maybe SAMPA is the best way to go after all.
LEF