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 gerard.meijssen@gmail.com
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.comSimetrical%2Bwikilist@gmail.com
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Gerard Meijssen
gerard.meijssen@gmail.com 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.
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