[Python-Dev] [OT] glyphs [was Re: email package status in 3.X]

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 11:46:27 am Terry Reedy wrote:
> 3. Unicode disclaims direct representation of glyphic variants
> (though again, exceptions were made for asian acceptance). For
> example, in English, mechanically printed 'a' and 'g' are different
> from manually printed 'a' and 'g'. Representing both by the same
> codepoint, in itself, loses information. One who wishes to preserve
> the distinction must instead use a font tag or perhaps a
> <handprinted> tag. Similarly, older English had a significantly
> different glyph for 's', which looks more like a modern 'f'.

An unfortunate example, as the old English long-s gets its own Unicode 
codepoint.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_s


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Steven D'Aprano