Re: Feedback Required on CSS 2.1 & CSS 3.0 Issues in Indian Languages

On 11/07/2013 4:32 AM, "John Hudson" <tiro@tiro.com> wrote:
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> Isolating the sequence of characters that make up a graphic syllable is a
standard first step in Indic layout; in the OpenType model, this is
performed by the external layout engine. It seems to me that the same
models -- indeed, the same code? -- could be applied fairly easily to
selecting 'first-letter' groups in browser support for CSS3 Selectors.
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If and when we get to SE Asian languages, Burmese will throw a spanner in
the works.

A few of us have been discussing first-letter, and current concensus is it
should match first orthographic syllable which can be more than one
grapheme cluster.

Andrew