Re: Shaping characters in upright orientation in vertical text flow

Behdad Esfahbod scripsit:

> > But would not a LamAlef ligature be considered a single "user-perceived
> > character"?
> 
> Not in Persian at least.

Similarly, the Latin ligatures ff, fi, fl, ffi, and ffl are not single
user-perceived characters; indeed, users barely realize they exist.

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Received on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 21:04:03 UTC