Re: Aramaic unification and information retrieval

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Dec 23 2003 - 17:56:09 EST

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    At 14:39 -0800 2003-12-23, John Hudson wrote:

    >Now, that said, I am very keen to have the Samaritan shin encoded,
    >because this is used as a mark in the apparatus critici of the BHS
    >and possibly other Bible editions (in BHS it used in citations of
    >Pentateuchi textus Hebraeo-Samaritanus secundum). I'd be perfectly
    >happy to see it encoded as a Letterlike Symbol, since it is being
    >used as a symbol and not as a Samaritan letter.

    Perhaps it must be in any case, due to directionality issues.

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    Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com
    


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