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Cyrillic letter O (<- this is a Latin O) (Sandbox)

posted by alexfru, USA, 09.06.2025, 15:08

> > Real Cyrillic letter О
>
> Trying the letter again here:
>
> 4. btw, the various 8-bit code pages won't be universally applicable
> to such fonts, so, at the very least no code pages should be forced
> onto a font (it's OK to support the first 128 ASCII chars and
> maybe the next 128 from the code page, but if there are more chars
> after the first 256, it should be OK, just use the character
> index in the font, don't try to force some Unicode code points
> on it or let the user supply a table; further, a single char
> may be a reasonable representation of multiple code points (e.g.
> Latin O, Greek Omicron, Cyrillic О), which is extremely useful
> space-wise and a simple binary search can convert from a
> code point to the relevant index in the font, suddenly making
> 512-char bitmap fonts very very practical!
>
> HTH

It seems working now.

Complete thread:

• Cyrillic letter O (<- this is a Latin O) - rr, 09.06.2025, 15:03
  • Cyrillic letter O (<- this is a Latin O) - rr, 09.06.2025, 15:06
  • Cyrillic letter O (<- this is a Latin O) - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 15:07
    • Cyrillic letter O (<- this is a Latin O) - alexfru, 09.06.2025, 15:08
  • Umlaute & Esszett - ecm, 09.06.2025, 15:59