Re: Ancient Greek (symbols versus letters and duplicate letters)

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Apr 08 2003 - 03:55:22 EDT

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At 16:53 -0400 2003-04-07, Edward C. D. Hopkins wrote:
>John,
>
>Just to play devil's advocate:
>
>Which Koppa do I use for a number contained in an ancient inscription?

In ancient inscriptions, only the Q-koppa can be used. The
Sigmoid-koppa is a later innovation. See my document as suggested.

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