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Re: Unicode and ligatures (was Re: font encoding morass)

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From: Robert McMillin
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 22:59
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bkph@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu (Berthold K.P. Horn) writes:

> 
> In article <665@manutius.UUCP> nickn@manutius.UUCP (Nick Nussbaum) writes:
> 
> 	....
> 
>    ah.. but the UNICODE revisions will include a large number of arabic
>    ligatures. And upon request of the National body it will include a large 
>    number of Korean Hangul composite characters. In fact, it seems it will 
>    include ligatures from any non-European script. It won't include a large 
>    set of European ligatures though. Just some. 
> 
> Now that is REALLY logical:  ligatures in some languages ARE characters and 
> hence should be in UNICODE, while those in other (fi fl ff ffi ffl) are not.
> Seems to me we need a `National Body' to lobby for us to rectify this mistake

This is something of a basic question, but in Spanish, does anyone know
whether 'll' is done as a ligature or as two letters and hang the results
on alpha sorts?
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Subject: Re: Unicode and ligatures (was Re: font encoding morass)
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