CSS3 Text: scipt

'text-script'

   | auto
   |       *Use the first character descendant*, after any
   |       reordering due to character direction and bi-
   |       directionality, which has an unambiguous script
   |       identifier to determine the dominant script of
   |       the element's content. *This determines the
   |       computed script value.* Each textual component of
   |       the element may however behave in typographical
   |       related behaviors as dictated by its script
   |       identifier. In the absence of any textual
   |       components with a clear script identifier (or no
   |       textual content at all), the computed value is
   |       'Latin'.
   |
   | none
   |       Indicates the script is *unknown or is not
   |       significant* to the proper formatting of this
   |       element.
   |
   | <script>
   |       A script definition in conformance with
   |       [ISO15924]. *All textual components of the
   |       element must behave in typography related
   |       behaviors as dictated by this script value, not
   |       the inherent script value of these textual
   |       components.*

How can 'auto' and <script> act differently on a run of
non-dominant-script text when 'auto' computes to a <script>
and this computed value is what's inherited?

How would one handle these situations?

<p>
                         #             |         _
    ##   #   #  #  ##   ###  ____"__   | '      |_|
      # # #  #  # #    # #    -----  __|__      |_|
     #  # #  #  #  #    ###  |_____|   |     ------
      # # #  #  #   #    # #  / | \   / \     |\ |_
    ##   #    ##  ##    ###    .|    /   \_  /  '|_
                         #

(more Chinese text...)

</p>

(30 US $ [jiu] [shi]...)

<p>
                                                          _
### # #   #  #  #    ###  #  #   # ###  #   ## #   #    |_|
#   # ##  # # # #    #   # # ##  #  #  # # #    # #     |_|
##  # # # # ### #    ##  ### # # #  #  ###  #    #   ------
#   # #  ## # # #    #   # # #  ##  #  # #   #   #    |\ |-
#   # #   # # # ###  #   # # #   #  #  # # ##    #   /  `'_
                                         _
                /|\
               / | \
      ------     |    (more Chinese text)...
                 |
                 |

</p>

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Received on Thursday, 28 November 2002 02:42:56 UTC