> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of E. Keown
> In the so-called 'deprecated' block, the 2nd Hebrew > block in the BMP, are composed Hebrew points which I > plan to go on using. And I expect everyone else to go > on using them also, all Hebraists. We think they are > needed for 'text representation' of shin and sin. If you're referring to the Alphabetic Presentation Forms block (FBxx), then I would say to use them when specifically required for compatibility with a legacy implementation, but not otherwise. Note that there are many implementations that do not use those characters (and in particular FB2A or FB2B). Nor is it necessary to use the precomposed representations of shin and sin (FB2A and FB2B) for adequate text representation. Note especially that the normalized representations for shin and sin, *including NFC,* do not use FB2A or FB2B. Peter Constable
