ÿþ<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="./dotty_files/filelist.xml"> <link rel=Edit-Time-Data href="./dotty_files/editdata.mso"> <!--[if !mso]> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <![endif]--> <title>Going Dotty</title> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>John H. McCloskey</o:Author> <o:LastAuthor>John H. 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Or rather one font, since Tom, Dick and Harry may be expected to have &quot;Lucida Sans Unicode&quot; already and nobody will be eager to download that 24-megabyte monstrosity. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>(( Winnie Nono can present this crew, and so can Windowsnet Explorer 5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>So presumably one has now settled the Latin-script Arabic-script languages transliteration problem question for the upscale gentry who wouldn't touch filth like &quot;Dushizat.&quot;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </span>No need to rob the unoffending Vietnamese of their centaurs. ))<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:FR'>(( &quot;Arial Unicode MS&quot; ))<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=FR style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"; mso-ansi-language:FR'><![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>a# a% a1 a2 a a a <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>b# b% b1 b2 b b b <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>c# c% c1 c2 c c c <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>d# d% d1 d2 d d d <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-family:"Arial Unicode MS"'>e# e% e1 e2 e e e <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p 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