Re: Y [was: "Re: new sigil"]

2005-10-21 Thread Mark Reed
> Speaking of which, the advantage of, say, « over << is that the former > is _one_ character. But Y, compared to ¥, is one character only as > well, and is even more visually distinctive with most fonts I know of, > afaict, so is there any good reason to keep the latter as the > "official" one?!?

Re: Y [was: "Re: new sigil"]

2005-10-21 Thread Michele Dondi
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Rutger Vos wrote: _one_ charachter. But Y, compared to ¥, is one charachter only as well, and is even more visually distinctive with most fonts I know of, afaict, so is there any good reason to keep the latter as the "official" one?!? Do you even need to ask? It's beca

Re: Y [was: "Re: new sigil"]

2005-10-21 Thread Rutger Vos
Speaking of which the advantage of, say, « over << is that the former is _one_ charachter. But Y, compared to ¥, is one charachter only as well, and is even more visually distinctive with most fonts I know of, afaict, so is there any good reason to keep the latter as the "official" one?!?

Y [was: "Re: new sigil"]

2005-10-20 Thread Michele Dondi
On Thu, 20 Oct 2005, Juerd wrote: All non-ASCII operators have ASCII equivalents: ¥ Y « << » >> Speaking of which the advantage of, say, « over << is that the former is _one_ charachter. But Y, compared to ¥, is one charachter only as well, and is even more visually distincti