Re: [Wikitech-l] Unicode characters in Chrome

Hoi, I have been told off list that Windows-7 supports this character by default. This is one valid reason to choose Windows-7 for your operating system. It is also a challenge to other operating systems to be as good. Thanks,      GerardM 2009/9/25 Gerard Meijssen &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com&gt; > Hoi, > This specific character mentioned in the article is used to write the > Tanimuca-Retuarã language. This is specified in the article. itself. > Languages that need characters that are missing in fonts that are in general > use are not isolated affairs. In the end there is only one solution; we > should be part of a solution that allows us to show all characters. > Thanks, >      GerardM > > 2009/9/25 Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+wikilist@gmail.com<Simetrical%2Bwikilist@gmail.com> > > > >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Gerard Meijssen >> >> &lt;gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> > The notion that our editors should decide if a font is well enough >> > supported  is a bit off. It is saying "you cannot properly write your >> > language because ...". >> >> No, it's not.  We're talking about a specific article on the English >> Wikipedia about a single obscure character, and related cases where >> isolated characters don't display properly.  Nothing I said should be >> construed to have any bearing on radically different situations, such >> as an entire wiki whose language is poorly supported on common >> platforms.  While I appreciate that you take a great interest in >> technical topics related to internationalization, this is not such a >> topic. >>