On Mar 24, 2005, at 11:46 AM, Peter T. Daniels wrote:

> I am not talking about operating systems. I am talking about the 223
> (IIRC) slots in a Mac font, which in the standard array include
> several
> diacritics not found in the analogous, slightly smaller, Windows
> font --
> but do not include edh and thorn.
>

The distinction between character set as the set of glyphs used to
embody it in fonts is a subtle one, but real. It's important, at
least, for programmers. End-users (like you) should never have to
deal with it.

Meanwhile, FWIW, Apple now considers MacRoman more-or-less obsolete.
We are actively encouraging font vendors and software developers to
move forward to Unicode. There are numerous languages where no other
real option is available, but even for English and its friends, a
font covering 223 characters is really insufficient.

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