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In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words: That links to the question What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α? The origin...
#5: Question closed
by
manassehkatz
·
2021-06-08T14:25:20Z (over 3 years ago)
#4: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-06-07T19:22:35Z (over 3 years ago)
- In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
- 
- That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
- The original image is at https://languages.codidact.com/ca/posts/281765.png
Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.- I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
- More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
- In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
- 
- That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
- The original image is at https://languages.codidact.com/ca/posts/281765.png
- Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" U+2135 displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, not the visually similar Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
- I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
- More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
#3: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-06-07T19:21:07Z (over 3 years ago)
- In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
- 
- That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
- Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
- I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
- More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
- In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
- 
- That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
- The original image is at https://languages.codidact.com/ca/posts/281765.png
- Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
- I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
- More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
#2: Post edited
by
Canina
·
2021-06-07T19:20:23Z (over 3 years ago)
- In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
- 
- That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
- Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
I believe that this is a bug.
- In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:
- 
- That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765)
- Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly.
- I believe that this is a bug, and that ℵ should also render correctly in this case.
- More generally, if we're going to go around replacing characters that for some reason can't be rendered in the image, it's probably better to use "�" U+FFFD for that purpose.
#1: Initial revision
by
Canina
·
2021-06-07T19:18:33Z (over 3 years ago)
Promoted posts image renders Hebrew ℵ as "?", but Greek "Α" correctly
In this case, an image really is worth a thousand words:  That links to the question [What sound did the letter ℵ encode in ancient Hebrew, and why did it morph into the greek vowel Α?](https://languages.codidact.com/posts/281765) Notice that, in the image, "ℵ" displays as a question mark, but "Α" (which really is a Greek uppercase alpha U+0391, and not a Latin uppercase A U+0041) displays correctly. I believe that this is a bug.