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Re: Oldstyle numbers by default?
Perhaps worth mentioning that this distinction between ‘French’ and ‘Anglo’ ranging numerals is, well, not that. The French ranging numbers to which Hrant draws attention are associated with specific…6 -
Re: let's talk Greek kai symbol
I don’t think it is remotely like that. The cursive д that is similar in shape to the Latin g is unambiguously a д character to any Cyrillic reader—including non-Bulgarians—who encounters it in Cyril…2 -
Re: let's talk Greek kai symbol
Since & and ϗ are both standard Unicode characters, I am unhappy with the idea of using glyph processing to represent the one with the other.3 -
Re: let's talk Greek kai symbol
I think the investigation of anything to do with Greek typography should start a lot earlier. :) — a lot of what is considered standard, e.g. position of accents to the left of uppercase letters, is …1 -
Re: let's talk Greek kai symbol
The Greek ampersand derives from the Byzantine ligature forms (uncial and then minuscule) of the word και. In monotonic Greek, this word carries no accent, but in polytonic it carries a varia: καὶ — …5
