Hello Philippe,
2003-12-14T16:56:10Z Philippe Verdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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I find nothnig wrong in proposing a font which does not have these symbols
for use in European scripts, where the occurence of the symbol is almost
always associated to the Nazi's party, but I think it would be wrong to
remove them from fonts designed for Asian markets that need it to represent
their script, in a context where such association is not self-evident.
AFAIK the use of the symbol is forbidden in the names/logos
of organizations in Russia. It, unsurprisingly, was present here before,
e.g., it was printed on the Russian money in 1917 or so.
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However there's still a problem with the ancient scandinavian usage:
I guess it is more appropriate to speak about the ancient Babylonian
or rather ancient Russian (Boreal) use. See, for instance, [1].
it's
not clear that the symbol would only fit in Asian fonts. However the symbols
could be present in fonts made to represent old European scripts such as
Runic, even if they have been used in translations to Roman-Latin or
Church-Latin of these texts, with a Latin or Gothic script, or even in some
other Uralic languages.
References: [1] ISBN 5-85141-016-7, p. 38.
Regards,
Alexander.
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