At 13:07 11/7/2002, John Cowan wrote:
Aha! Thank you, I'd never noticed that before. I think the GETA MARK would be ambiguous to a non CJK user, but I like the idea of the strong horizontal bars very much. The only problem I find with the conventional empty box and its recommended variants, is that they do not stand out as well as they might, especially in print. The GETA MARK certainly stands out.Wouldn't the glyph for the GETA SIGN be suitable as a .notdef glyph? That seems to be just what GETA is for.
Inspired by this, I have made a new .notdef glyph: http://www.tiro.com/transfer/notdef.gif
I'm not going to provide a lengthy explanation of the design process or otherwise try to justify why I think this works. If it isn't obvious, then clearly it doesn't work.
John Hudson
Tiro Typeworks www.tiro.com
Vancouver, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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