[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: Unicode Quranic Glyphs Proposal
- To: "General Arabization Discussion" <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Unicode Quranic Glyphs Proposal
- From: "Thomas Milo" <t dot milo at chello dot nl>
- Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 23:33:41 +0200
> It's nice to hear from you on this mailing list.
Thanks.
> > Well, here's where the difference between glyphs and
> > characters is the clue.
> > What you see are characters, what you understand are
> > characters. For
> > instance, you see a ligature (glyph) you understand
> > two ore three
> > characters. Glyphs are for font technology,
> > characters are encoded.
>
> I'm assuming what you meant to say here is:
>
> "What you see are 'glyphs', what you understand are
> characters."
Indeed - typo.
t