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Re: Unicode fonts - Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: Unicode fonts - Re: Why do I find ^L in elisp code?
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 21:12:19 +0300

> Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 21:05:28 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > Would you also like "реасе" to be supported by English screen
> > readers, for example?
> 
> Definitely, just that I don't understand the meaning of your
> question. Do you mean that piece and peace would be spoken same?

Look closer: that word I wrote is not "peace".

> > You are judging characters by their appearance, which is incorrect.
> 
> Yes, surely I understand it may be technically incorrect, though
> humanely it gives a style even in those cases where text style cannot
> be otherwise assigned.

No, that's a slippery slope towards the so-called "confusables", see

  https://websec.github.io/unicode-security-guide/visual-spoofing/



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