From: Dominikus Scherkl (Dominikus.Scherkl@glueckkanja.com)
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 11:26:12 EST
> [Alain] However I agree with Kent. Let's say a text
> identified as German quotes a French word with an
> U DIAERESIS *in the German text* (a word like "capharnaüm").
> It would be a heresy to show a macron in a printed text in
> this context.
Hm.
A font representing my mothers handwriting (german only :-)
would render "u" as "u with breve above" to distinguish it
from the representation of "n".
I don't know how my mother would write a text containing an
"u with breve above", but nevertheless the u-glyphe has to have
a breve, even if it may conflict with another charakter.
If you got a text with such ambiguities, why don't use another
font for the quotings? - has the additional advantage of
pointing out visualy that it's a quotation.
-- Dominikus Scherkl dominikus.scherkl@glueckkanja.com
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