From: UList@dfa-mail.com
Date: Sat Feb 26 2005 - 09:09:06 CST
> Couldn't [Serbian here] keyboard drivers generate a variation selector
Yes, absolutely! That's the whole point.
It's a worldwide interoperable standard.
Every Serbian keyboard map on every computer in the world enters t + VS1 when
the "t" key is hit.
Every other Cyrillic keyboard map doesn't.
All non-italic Cyrillic fonts -- and everything else in the world --
completely ignores the VS1.
Smart italic Cyrillic fonts swap in the Serbian Glyph if they see VS1. That's
its only impact in the entire universe.
(Other than making life a whole lot easier for millions of people.)
Doug
Patrick Andries wrote:
>
> Peter Constable a écrit :
>
> >No negative impact? You want every Serbian user to have to enter
> >variation selectors when they type a Cyrillic "t" so that it will
> >display correctly if at some point it is set in italic? Or to remember
> >to enter the variation selector if they format it in italics?
> >
> >
> I'm not really interested in the Serbian case, but the more general
> question.
>
> Couldn't [Serbian here] keyboard drivers generate a variation selector
> + key> if **need** be ?
>
> P. A.
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