Yes, I know - same as dotted a, b, c, d, e, f, g and so on are
distinct from dotless a, b, c, d, e, f, g and so on. I just meant that
U+0069 could have been considered dotless - with dotted i being
somewhere else. This wouldn't necessarily stop font designers for
Western markers from putting a dot over U+0069 if they really wanted
to, but for wider markets they would have had to have made the
distinction. (As another aside, in English handwriting, not
everyone dots their "i"s, so it seems that the dot is kind of optional
in this culture, though obviously very important in Turkey ... but
then, they also have dotted UPPERCASE I to go with it).
I'm still not being entirely serious by the way - this is just an amusing ponder.
Jill
I'm still not being entirely serious by the way - this is just an amusing ponder.
Jill
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl W. Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Case mapping of dotless lowercase letters
Jill,The dotted and dotless i are distinctly different, however I like to fold them when doing searches because I don't know of any cases where is would case search problems. However if I am searching for Istanbul and what to include the dotted spelling as well.Carl
