Re: U+01B5/01B6

From: Charles (charles@agenoria.fsnet.co.uk)
Date: Sun May 22 2005 - 11:04:54 CDT

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    Adam Twardoch asked:
    >
    > where is the character U+01B5/01B6 (letter Z/z with stroke) used?
    >
    > In Polish, a glyph like that is used as a stylistic variant/alternate
    > rendition of z with dot above (U+017B/017C), but not as a separate
    > character. In what context is it used as a separate character?
    >
    The website http://www.writingsystems.net/ lists a number of languages, such
    as Abazin, where these characters appear to have been in use in the former
    Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s - along with a host of other obsolete
    exotic characters that have never made it into Unicode.

    Regards,

    Charles Cox



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