From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Fri Mar 19 2004 - 14:21:42 EST
At 12:49 -0600 2004-03-19, Unspecified wrote:
>In Irish writing that uses the dot-convention,
>the dot represents lenition. Vowel phonemes are
>not liable to lenition, so it doesn't make any
>sense to have a dotted i, any more than a dotted
>a, e, o, or u.
When you write Irish in an orthography where you
put a dot on a consonant to show lenition, in the
coded text there are two characters: the
consonant, and COMBINING DOT ABOVE.
When you write Irish in an orthography where you
put an accent on a vowel to show length, in the
coded text there are two characters: the vowel,
and COMBINING ACUTE.
The dot on the "i" in Roman fonts is NEVER, EVER,
represented by Turkish ž with COMBINING DOT ABOVE.
The acute acent on the "í" in Roman or Gaelic
fonts is NEVER, EVER, represented by Turkish ž
with COMBINING ACUTE.
-- Michael Everson * * Everson Typography * * http://www.evertype.com
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