Distinguishing COENG TA from COENG DA in Khmer script

Richard Wordingham richard.wordingham at ntlworld.com
Wed Jun 24 03:43:45 CDT 2020


On Wed, 24 Jun 2020 04:17:44 +0000
James Kass via Unicode <unicode at unicode.org> wrote:

> On 2020-06-24 12:03 AM, Richard Wordingham via Unicode wrote:
> > My immediate concern was the alternative Old Khmer spellings អ្តា
> > and អ្ដា, which look identical in most fonts.  However, I am told
> > the Windows UI font Leelawadee UI distinguishes them, which could
> > make it difficult to outlaw deliberate distinction.  
> The Leelawadee font with Windows 7 covers Thai but not Khmer.

Still true on Windows 10.  But Leelawadee UI also includes Khmer, and in
response to this post I verified that it makes the distinction, albeit
it in an innovative way.

Richard.



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