Sven Lugar wrote:
>
> While it is true that you can create 65000 characters in a Unicode font,
> many users would feel uncomfortable with it because they don't want to
> type Alt-**** all the time. Those of us who often need foreign
> characters are used to it, but I'm well aware of how clumsy others feel
> about using that. Please do not think I'm discounting your idea, because
> I would love a font where I could type straight Alpha-numeric characters
> then do an alt code to get the specific Rune I need without changing
> font, but I suspect you and I would be in the minority within all the
> users. Most users would like separate fonts. Additionally many programs
> will use these altcodes as control characters for calling up menus - for
> example when I try to type Skol properly in my letter I can't get the
> special o symbol easily because it calls up the file menu in Thunderbird
> so I usually skip it.
>
As another data point, I'd be quite happy with a Unicode font. For
runes, I'm more likely to select them from the Character Map than type
them in using keyboard keys - I can never remember which one is which,
and it's not I'm usually using them to type out sentences.
Fortunately, the existence of a Unicode font wouldn't prevent people
from using the older multiple fonts if they want to.
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Trotsky
Gamer and Skeptic
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