RE: [Pushkin] Was: Generic Unicode font handling

From: Becker, Joseph (Joseph.Becker@pahv.xerox.com)
Date: Wed Nov 17 1999 - 15:22:08 EST


>Or this:
>
>-ù-f -±-µ-Ä-µ-"-É -ø-É-Å-Ç-ã-?-?-ã-Ö -¾-æ-ª-?
>-°-Ç-æ-è-ª -æ-?, -¥-É-º -¾-µ-ª-½-?-½-Ö -ø-æ-ª-?,
>-ò -¾-¥-f-ª-å -"-ª-è-¥-µ-ª. -ü-Ä-µ-¥ -?-½-º -à-½-Ä-æ-?-æ
>-Ý-µ-?-f -?-µ-Å-ª-f-Å-è; -±-µ-¥-?-ã-¼ -á-ë-ª-?
>-ü-æ -?-µ-¼ -Å-Ç-Ä-µ-º-½-ª-Å-è -æ-¥-½-?-æ-?-æ.
>-ü-æ -º-à-½-Å-Ç-ã-º, -Ç-æ-ø-?-½-º -±-µ-Ä-µ-"-f-º
>-ß-µ-Ä-?-µ-ª-½ -½-...-±-ã -...-¥-µ-Å-å -½ -Ç-f-º,
>-ü-Ä-½-é-Ç -É-±-æ-"-æ-"-æ -á-É-Ö-æ-?-Ü-f;
>-ò -ª-µ-Å, -?-µ-¾-µ-¥-æ-º-ã-¼ -ª-É-á-f-º
>-í -Ç-É-º-f-?-µ -Å-ø-Ä-è-Ç-f-?-?-æ-"-æ -Å-æ-ª-?-Ü-f,
>-ö-Ä-É-"-æ-º -à-É-º-µ-ª.

> Eeek. What is that?

It's Pushkin, man! Mjednij Vsadnik, the Bronze Horseman, i.e. his ode to
the statue of Peter the Great overlooking the old Njeva. One of the
requirements of Unicode is that every email recipient be able to recite
Pushkin in the original!

Joe



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