- From: Gavin Nicol <gtn@ebt.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 08:45:42 -0400
- To: streich@slb.com
- CC: Charles@sgmlsource.com, paul@arbortext.com, w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
>I don't have a clue how character set issues will affect this. In my current >systems, it's completely disconnected because the glyph for a character >depends on the current font. If anyone could assure me that this will be >a non-issue, then I'll be happy (as long as I have their home address for >insurance...). If you have a fixed coded character set (seems to be consensus here) and a character code, you should be able to select a reasonable glyph image without any other information. Things like the private use area in UNICODE would be a bit difficult without at least some font information.
Received on Tuesday, 1 October 1996 08:47:27 UTC