Re: French accents on uppercase, was Back to Hebrew, was OT:darn'd fools

From: Patrick Andries (Patrick.Andries@xcential.com)
Date: Tue Jul 29 2003 - 12:11:16 EDT

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    From: "Karljürgen Feuerherm" <cuneiform@rogers.com>
    To: <unicode@unicode.org>
    Sent: 29 juil. 2003 11:47
    Subject: French accents on uppercase, was Back to Hebrew, was OT:darn'd
    fools

    > I believe they're optional though, at least, aren't they?
    >

    Depends on the source. But good typographical codes (Imprimerie nationale in
    France, Ramat in Québec, etc.) advocate the use of accents on capitals as
    they can help disambiguate titles.

    Consider
    IL EST INTERNE A L'HOPITAL
    which can be interpreted as
    IL EST INTERNE À L'HÔPITAL (he is a student in medecine)
    or
    IL EST INTERNÉ À L'HÔPITAL (his case is very severe)

    P. A.



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