[ESW Wiki] Update of "geoUnicodeConsiderationsWhenUpgrading" by 217.72.173.18

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  [DC 6 apr] Is this section relevant at all if we have a Unicode 'how it works for web pages' background section?
  ==== Rendering Software  ====
  
- [AC 24 mar] although, practically, the langauge capabilities of a web browser depend on the rendering system. There are languages that IE or Firefox on WinXP-sp2 can render than the same versions of IE and firefox on WinXP can not, since WinXP and WinXP-sp2 use different versions of uniscribe. Also at issue, are languages supported by Unicode that are not official supported or are unsupported by current commercial rendering systems.
+ [AC 24 mar] although, practically, the langauge [[DRC 05 May spellling... language]] capabilities of a web browser depend on the rendering system. There are languages that IE or Firefox on WinXP-sp2 can render than the same versions of IE and firefox on WinXP can not, since WinXP and WinXP-sp2 use different versions of uniscribe. Also at issue, are languages supported by Unicode that are not official supported or are unsupported by current commercial rendering systems.
  
  
  ==== Fonts ====
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    * Ensure users have fonts, which probably will have as built into system.
    * Usually Unicode fonts cover 'specific' scripts, point to Alan Wood's v useful list of Unicode fonts & and to [http://www.babelstone.co.uk/Fonts/Fonts.html babelstone font information].
  
+ [[DRC 05 May Note. Some fonts only support older Unicode versions and most only support the base plane]]
  
  '''If using a legacy encoding, ie, a non-Unicode encoding, eg ie/eg looks repetitious.'''

Received on Tuesday, 3 May 2005 16:09:43 UTC