RE: Exemplar Characters

From: JR (jr@qsm.co.il)
Date: Wed Nov 16 2005 - 07:36:24 CST

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
    > [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Michael Everson
    > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:24 PM
    > To: JR; unicode@unicode.org
    > Subject: RE: Exemplar Characters
    >
    >
    > At 06:59 +0200 2005-11-16, JR wrote:
    > >The exemplar character set for Hebrew should be limited to
    > that of ISO
    > >8859-8, i.e. Alef to Tav plus ' and ".
    >
    > Not apostrophe and quotation mark, I take it.

    Yes to both. They are commonly used in abbreviations and acronyms, similar
    to the period in e.g. or i.e..

    >
    > >Other characters, such as the points and accents, are not
    > commonly used and
    > >are not implemented in a large proportion of systems and
    > applications.
    >
    > Not commonly used? I have a copy of The Hobbit in Hebrew which is
    > pointed all the way through.

    I have several books in Hebrew which are pointed, and some with cantillation
    marks. So what? That does not make them commonly used.

    Jony

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