On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:41:53 -0400, Peter T. Daniels
<grammatim@...> wrote:

> Maybe a phone number? You'll find them repeated in a more conventional
> shape in the third advertisement down in the right-hand column, next to
> the
> telephone operator's picture.

This query makes me realize that dilettantes such as yrs trly can be
stymied, maybe totally, by stylized versions of glyphs that native users
have no trouble understanding. As with the different styles of Arabic,
perhaps a comprehensive representation of the various writing systems
should try its best to include specimens of variant typefaces and styles.
It would be good to include "transcriptions/transliterations" of the
variants, typeset with standard, representative typefaces. Compiling such
a document is not for the unambitious, though.

Best regards,

--
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