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Originally Posted by tompe
Yes, this is one way writing this (but I have seen 2 alphabets most often) but I think it is strange since different languages have different number of characters in the alphabet.
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"2 alphabets" is more common when dealing with sans-serifed typefaces and/or left-justified/ragged-right text.
Bringhurst makes it very clear that he is referring to English and that other languages will have very different needs simply because of differences of word and sentence length and hyphenation (he also provides plenty of examples of integrating other languages within English copy).
One of the things that both Bringhurst and Knuth agree on is that hyphenation is extremely language specific.