tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post114211939218101548..comments2023-10-20T07:28:50.948-07:00Comments on Better Bibles Blog: Polytonic Greek's Dual EncodingWayne Lemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18024771201561767893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-1142122811364987582006-03-11T16:20:00.000-08:002006-03-11T16:20:00.000-08:00What they do want to promote is software (includin...<I>What they do want to promote is software (including fonts) which treats the two "canonically equivalent" forms as identical. Unfortunately we are a long way from that ideal now.</I><BR/><BR/>Peter, I have been around the block on this with a Unicode promoter. Andrew West, the maker of Babelpad, was able to help me prove that the canonical equivalent ideal is just that, an ideal, as you say. So the reality is that precomposed is better. <BR/><BR/>Microsoft Sans Serif font does support Polytonic Greek, but I was not sure that everyone would have it. <BR/><BR/>The irritationg thing about that <A HREF="http://abecedaria.blogspot.com/2005/09/polytonic-greek-fonts.html" REL="nofollow">font</A> is that the chi does not descend below the line.Suzanne McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033350578895908993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-1142121699280297202006-03-11T16:01:00.000-08:002006-03-11T16:01:00.000-08:00Thank you, Suzanne. Your example seems to indicate...Thank you, Suzanne. Your example seems to indicate that precomposed is the way to go. It certainly gives the more predictable results as long as the right font is available.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it is true that the "Unicodies" "<I>wish to promote the first encoding with combining diacritics.</I>" They certainly do not for the Internet, which is what we are mainly talking about here, for which precomposed (NFC) is the agreed preference. What they do want to promote is software (including fonts) which treats the two "canonically equivalent" forms as identical. Unfortunately we are a long way from that ideal now.<BR/><BR/>I understand, if I remember correctly, that Microsoft has said that they will include precomposed polytonic Greek in their base fonts e.g. Times New Roman, Arial in the next edition of Windows, which I think was supposed to be due this year but I don't know the latest.Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-1142120962533857952006-03-11T15:49:00.000-08:002006-03-11T15:49:00.000-08:00The first came from a source which Wayne has acces...<I>The first came from a source which Wayne has accessed but I don't know what that source is.</I><BR/><BR/>I copy-pasted from the WH (Westcott-Hort) text in the <A HREF="http://www.e-sword.net/" REL="nofollow">e-sword Bible program</A>.Wayne Lemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024771201561767893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11875966.post-1142120464154158422006-03-11T15:41:00.000-08:002006-03-11T15:41:00.000-08:00For some people the difference between Wayne's pos...<I>For some people the difference between Wayne's posting and my posting is about how many times the woman submits. I will submit this one more time.</I><BR/><BR/>Oh, that is very funny, Suzanne!Wayne Lemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024771201561767893noreply@blogger.com