André — I’m not sure why you refer to the zig-zag form as canonical. That form is no longer used as an exemplar in Unicode, and I believe it is rejected by most modern Icelanders. Gunnlauger SE Briem… (View Post)
I agree. I think this is one of those situations where a descriptive epithet transformed into an official moniker. Original, casual references to The Times’s new roman, became Times New Roman.Somewha… (View Post)