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From: amy.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu (Amy Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Subject: Re: naive question about uncial
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Date: 24 Apr 91 06:25:47 GMT
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caughey@stout.UVic.CA (Dave  Caughey) writes:

> 
> Sorry if this has already been posted, but our mailer behaviour tends to lead
> me to believe that it didn't....
> 
> I have a couple of miscellaneous questions...
> 
> 1)  What is the name of the double-dotted 'i' used in words such as "naive".
> Do any fonts include it?  Is it used in any other word besides "naive"?
> 
> 2)  Does anyone know of a (preferably PD) celtic-style font.  The one I am
> thinking of in particular is 'uncial' (at least that's what it's called in
> letraset catalogues.)  Bitmap is okay.  Intended platform is mac and/or Sun
> running X-windows.
> 
> Thanks muchly
> 
> Dave Caughey
> caughey@sirius.uvic.ca

The double dots are called ... well I don't know how to spell it but it is 
pronounced OOM-lots (possibly umlot?).  On a Mac you can produce the 
character in most fonts by typing option u and the character... don't know 
any other way.

Amy Brown
amy.bbs@shark.cs.fau.edu

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