From: Otto Stolz (Otto.Stolz@uni-konstanz.de)
Date: Mon Nov 22 2004 - 12:13:36 CST
Hello,
I had written:
> - In your HTML source, use only characters from the WGL4,
> cf. <http://www.microsoft.com/OpenType/OTSpec/WGL4.htm>;
Peter Kirk has written:
> Well, of course if you are using languages which use only characters
> from WGL4, you will use only these characters.
You can well write in an European language, and still use non-WGL4
characters, e. g.
- U+03D0 through U+03D6, U+03F0, U+03F1, which one might wish to use
for Greek (the reference glyphs of U+03D0 and U+03F0 were the
way I have learned to write Theta and Kappa, respectively, in school),
- the whole Greek Extended block, which is still used by a school
of contemporary Greek typography (though no more in the official
orthography),
- U+2000 through U+200B: you have to use <kbd>  ></kbd>,
and some such, to generate empty space,
- U+2010 -- believe it or not: WGL4 does not comprise the hyphen,
- some more General Punctuation, such as U+2012 (Figure Dash),
U+2023 (Triangular Bullet), U+2027 (Hyphenation Point, used in
dictionaries and glossaries, like Elaine's project), U+2032
(Prime), U+2052 (Commercial Minus Sign),
- U+2070 through U+208E (Superscripts and Subscripts), except
U+207F which is in WGL4 -- you will have to use HTML tags instead,
which is more versatile, anyway,
- a major part of the vulgar fractions U+2153 through U+215F
(1/3 is not in WGL4, but 3/8 is), and all Roman Numbers
U+2160 through U+2183
More examples are left as an exercise to the gentle reader:
just compare <http://www.microsoft.com/OpenType/OTSpec/WGL4E.HTM>
to the pertinent ranges in THE BOOK.
When I wrote the advice quoted supra, I was mainly thinking of
some Punctuation and Symbols I'd like to use, which are not in WGL4.
Best wishes,
Otto Stolz
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