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The new convention for happy co-existence with the pared-down font engines packaged in devices like the iPhone is to use two 't' characters after all, but add a
by dadadooda 16y ago
The new convention for happy co-existence with the pared-down font engines packaged in devices like the iPhone is to use two 't' characters after all, but add a slanting accent underneath the first 't' (or whatever letter it is) to indicate that it should only be 'pronounced half'.
It's like Nastaliq's (the Urdu script) jazm character: http://users.skynet.be/hugocoolens/newurdu/specials.html http://users.skynet.be/hugocoolens/newurdu/specials.html
I think it's a sane move.
- sid0 16y ago> The new convention I don't think the convention of the slanting accent ("virama" or "halant") is new. I know it's been used in books for at least the last hundred years. This means that conjoined ligatures aren't strictly necessary, but they're used a lot in handwriting and IMO look quite beautiful.