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 Bob_Hallissy@sil.org 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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