Bob's completely right. CP1256 is not adequate for Persian (Microsoft
confirms this). Systems that use it for Persian usually use the hack that
Bob described.
roozbeh
On Fri, 12 Oct 2001 [email protected] wrote:
> It isn't. That is, Persian YEH isn't available in CP1256.
>
> I've seen some Farsi fonts and a common hack is to swap the isolate & final
> forms of Arabic Yeh (d237, U+064A) with those of Alef Maksura (d236,
> U+0649), thus turning d237 into a Farsi yeh, and permitting d236 to be used
> should they need final or isolate of Arabic yeh for a borrowed word or
> something.
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