Re: OT

In article
<68511223-170f-4719-81e7-88e3acb61408@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"William F. Adams" <willadams@xxxxxxx> wrote:

http://members.aol.com/willadams/portfolio/typography/typefaceterminology.pdf

Nicely done, but I notice that there are two features labelled with a
red number 22: the TAIL on the "y" in "pyre", and the CROSS STROKE on
the "A" in "ETAOIN".

While I'm at it, I think a linguist would have a quibble with your
definition of ALPHABET: not all languages' scripts are actually
considered alphabetic. There are syllabaries, where each sign represents
a combination of consonant and vowel sounds (as in Devanagari, for
example). Some draw a further distinction between true alphabets and the
writing systems that (like Arabic) lack discrete characters for vowels;
such scripts are sometimes known as "abjads".

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Odysseus
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