[Python-Dev] PEP 393 Summer of Code Project

[Hagen Fürstenau]

>> [...] some text drawing engines draw decomposed characters ("o"
>> followed by " ̈" -> "ö") differently compared to their composite
>> equivalents ("ö") and this may be perceived as better or worse. I'd
>> like to offer an option to replace some decomposed characters with
>> their composite equivalent before drawing but since other characters
>> may look worse, I don't want to do a full normalization.
> 
> Isn't this an issue properly solved by various normal forms?

I think he's rather describing the need for custom "abnormal forms".

- Hagen