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Re: Question about small noon
- To: General Arabization Discussion <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Question about small noon
- From: Gregg Reynolds <gar at arabink dot com>
- Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 06:16:23 -0600
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Thomas Milo wrote:
>
> Tatweel is not a grapheme. I have come to the conclusion, that the letter
> shaping mechanism needs a new catagory: amphibuous (literally "between
> both", between skeleton and vowel as a category, as well as placed between
> two surrounding letters - with optional and separately encoded tatweel. This
> idea handles the problems with hamza U+0621, superscript alef,
> trailing/superscript retroflex and possibly even the superscript waw. Think
> of it, if you will.
It's a lot simpler if you define tatweel as a chameleon instead of a
frog. ;) It takes on ink or not depending on the inking of its
neighbors, and it can bear stacking characters. Simple and elegant.
-g