RE: Combining half rings?

2002-05-16 Thread Marco Cimarosti
John Hudson wrote: > I have received a glyph request in the repertoire for a new > font for an IPA iota (U+0269) with a right half ring > *above* it. [...] > Does anyone else have experience that would support the > need for such characters? A very similar sign (i with right half ring) is used i

Re: Combining half rings?

2002-05-15 Thread John Hudson
At 16:11 5/15/2002, Rick McGowan wrote: >I think what you're seeing is probably just a glottal stop, and >to-the-right-of would be as good as above. I.e., it's a glyphic variation >of iota with half-ring after it... That's just my gut reaction. Can these >scholars point to published usage in this

Re: Combining half rings?

2002-05-15 Thread Rick McGowan
John, Good questions. I think what you're seeing is probably just a glottal stop, and to-the-right-of would be as good as above. I.e., it's a glyphic variation of iota with half-ring after it... That's just my gut reaction. Can these scholars point to published usage in this manner? Ken W

Combining half rings?

2002-05-15 Thread John Hudson
combining half rings, but since their need seems well established I'm wondering if it might be worthwhile preparing a proposal for combining half rings? Does anyone else have experience that would support the need for such characters? John Hudson Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com Vanc