Re: Re: How do I encode HTML documents in old languages ſuch as 17th century Swediſh in Unicode?

From: Stefan Persson (alsjebegrijptwatikbedoel@yahoo.se)
Date: Mon Jul 08 2002 - 05:34:44 EDT

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----- Original Message -----
From: "John H. Jenkins" <jenkins@apple.com>
To: <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 12:56 AM
Subject: Re:_How_do_I_encode_HTML_documents_in_old_languages_=C5¿uch as 17th
century Swediſh in Unicode?

> On Wednesday, July 3, 2002, at 11:10 AM, Stefan Persson wrote:
>
> > There is a big problem in the current Unicode ſtandard, ſince
> > Fraktur letters aren't ſupported in any ſuitable manner.
>
> Aargh! Medial long-s! Run away! Run away! :-)

Why ſhould I not uſe old characters that already were out-of-uſe centuries
ago? ;-)

Stefan

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