On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Michael Everson wrote:
> Doesn't matter where it's encoded. It is to be considered, if you
> will pardon the term, as a kind of dingbat, if I understand correctly.
I don't have anything against the term. Others may.
> Because it isn't a "logo", is used officially and obligatorily in
> government documents in at least two countries, one of which does not
> normally use the Arabic script, and it isn't reasonable to expect
> people to type it in
I can't understand why everyone talks about typing the thing letter by
letter. Which other compatiblity character is typed in letter by letter?
VULGAR FRACTION ONE HALF?!
roozbeh
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