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Re: How to get the connected forms of Syriac letters?
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Benjamin Riefenstahl |
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Re: How to get the connected forms of Syriac letters? |
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Tue, 16 Dec 2014 23:38:45 +0100 |
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Eli Zaretskii writes:
>> > But why did you need to mention TATWEEL and ZWJ there? (And if ZWJ is
>> > needed, then why not ZWNJ as well?)
> But how is this related to the Syriac script?
Ah, I'm sorry, I thought that was understood.
Syriac (and Mandaic) are similar to Arabic script in type, i.e. cursive
scripts where characters adapt according to context ("shaping"). They
re-use the TATWEEL for justification, and also ZWJ and ZWNJ to force or
prevent shaping.
See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syriac_script> and
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaic_script>.
Syriac script is supported by fonts, by libm17n and by Uniscribe.
Support for Mandaic script is just starting, although it has been in
Unicode for some years.
Re: How to get the connected forms of Syriac Letters?, Fabian Rieger, 2014/12/16
Re: How to get the connected forms of Syriac Letters?, Stefan Monnier, 2014/12/17