Why do the Hebrew Alphabetic Presentation Forms Exist

[Mark E. Shoulson]

On 6/3/20 11:44 PM, Sławomir Osipiuk via Unicode wrote:
>
> A variation selector seems like a good choice here. There should be a 
> way to request from the rendering engine a specific variant of the 
> “same” character. There is precedent for that in many other 
> characters/languages.
>
This isn't a matter for a variation selector.  This is purely a 
*scribal* or *presentation* alternation.  It has as much relevance to 
the content of the text as choice of font.  This is a matter for a 
stylistic alternate in the font tables.  This is *exactly* what those 
are for!

~mark

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