RE: sample text ok?

From: Roozbeh Pournader (roozbeh@sharif.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 10 2001 - 17:27:40 EDT


On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, John Hudson wrote:

> There is a 5th form of heh: an alternate unconnected form that is used in
> certain contexts. Unfortunately, I do not know exactly what those contexts
> are. Anyone?
>
> Somewhat confusingly, the Unicode glyph charts show the alternate form at
> U+0647, and the typical form at U+FEE9.

No, it's not a fifth form. It's just the initial form. Since Heh is too
similiar to the Arabic digit five, when refering to the letter, an initial
form is usually used. The glyph in at U+0647 in Unicode charts is just
that...

roozbeh



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