Re: Ligatures (was: FAQ entry)

From: Andrew C. West (andrewcwest@alumni.princeton.edu)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 04:57:33 EST

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    "Doug Ewell" wrote:

    > I suspect it would end when you start talking about combinations like qj
    > and fþ that are unlikely to appear in natural language text.

    You should know better than to make rash statements like this on the Unicode
    list !

    I don't know about qj, but fþ is a not uncommon combination in Old English, e.g.
    hæfþ (3rd person singular of the verb habban "to have").

    Andrew



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