18,700
edits
OBD:Text encoding: Difference between revisions
m
→US English: trying to prevent confusion over the cent sign for any other Mac users
(→Over-long text: the more i study the Chinese Oni, the more I like Japanese ^_^) |
m (→US English: trying to prevent confusion over the cent sign for any other Mac users) |
||
| Line 131: | Line 131: | ||
;Minor notes | ;Minor notes | ||
*The MacRoman layout was apparently "borrowed" before 1998, when Mac OS 8.5 came out and the [[wp:Currency sign (typography)|international currency sign]] a.k.a. scarab (¤), at 0xDB, was replaced with the euro symbol (€). | *The MacRoman layout was apparently "borrowed" before 1998, when Mac OS 8.5 came out and the [[wp:Currency sign (typography)|international currency sign]] a.k.a. scarab (¤), at 0xDB, was replaced with the euro symbol (€). | ||
*The actual font (see [[/Fonts|HERE]]) has some unusual typographical features, such as a single-stroke Yen/Yuan symbol (Ұ) and a vertical-stroke cent symbol (￠). | *The actual font (see [[/Fonts|HERE]]) has some unusual typographical features, such as a single-stroke Yen/Yuan symbol (Ұ) and a vertical-stroke cent symbol, similar to Unicode's Fullwidth Cent Sign (￠) character as seen in Windows Arial (note to Mac users: don't be confused, as this character will appear with a diagonal stroke on your system like the regular '¢' character). | ||
;Major notes | ;Major notes | ||
*Some of the removed glyphs (most importantly ß, ù and û, but also Ê, Ú and ú) occur in [[wp:Languages of the European Union#Knowledge|common European languages]]. This made the US TSFFTahoma unsuitable for [[wikt:EFIGS|EFIGS]] localizations, requiring the creation of a new version (see below). | *Some of the removed glyphs (most importantly ß, ù and û, but also Ê, Ú and ú) occur in [[wp:Languages of the European Union#Knowledge|common European languages]]. This made the US TSFFTahoma unsuitable for [[wikt:EFIGS|EFIGS]] localizations, requiring the creation of a new version (see below). | ||
| Line 138: | Line 138: | ||
---- | ---- | ||
===European=== | ===European=== | ||
The code page used by the five Western European versions (UK English, French, German, Spanish and Italian) is slightly different from the trimmed-down Mac OS Roman. | The code page used by the five Western European versions (UK English, French, German, Spanish and Italian) is slightly different from the trimmed-down Mac OS Roman. | ||