Robert Thorsby <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19/05/10 09:45:03, Tadziu Hoffmann wrote: > > Just wondering... what did all the typesetters do in the > > centuries before unicode was invented? > > They actually did it correctly, taking as much time as was necessary, > and without having computer programmers looking over their shoulder > trying to tell them there was an easier way. :-) > Most of the french typographics problem are recents: We are using software to write book and letters, and theses software usually can't write in a correct french. Most french books are actually written using A and E instead of À, É and Ê , small caps are usually forgotten, and we can sometime see " instead of «, and ' instead of ’ or oe instead of œ...
Pierre-Jean. (Sorry if you've received this mail twice, I've make a mistake...)
