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>The easy solution, if you want to distinguish the 2 and not get them
>confused with quote glyphs, is found in the Special Characters
>Palette, not in the 'Arabic' submenu, but under 'Writing', where
>Left and Right Half Rings appear. Exactly what is needed!
Useful!
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>Now if I could just remember which is which! I get it right 50% of the time.
The glyph for the ayn resembles its (free standing or left-bound)
Arabic original in shape, so it is the "left half ring". (Okay, hamza
also originates in the sign for ayn, but it is smaller, obviously.)
-wp
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