[css-inline] Initial Letters in Chinese (re-send

In Chinese layout, Initial letter follow simple rules:

(1) Font size of  initial character equal to (N-1) x line-height +1.

(2) Initial character is aligned in the middle of N-line as the purple horizontal line in figure 1. ( same alignment for vertical writing)

(3) Integral em text-indent is necessary to fit Chinese character layout's nature.

Practically,due to ICF (Ideographic Character Face), initial character will be small and unbalanced as figure 2.

Usually font-size of initial character will be manually adjust 8~10% larger with off-set adjustment as figure 3.

Let ICF top and ICF bottom align well as figure 4.

Sunken and Raised Cap is unusual for Chinese. And due to (2), first-letter should not overlap line before and after ( usually after).

(3) is a special requirement for Chinese layout. Carry the font-size to integral as text-indent for N-lines. A specific property for that is appreciated.

There's some exceptions. When Chinese punctuation as initial character (such as "Ħu" U+300C LEFT CORNER BRACKET), the follow character should be shown as initial character together, see figure 5.

figure 1(https://www.dropbox.com/s/85q81a7uqu3jpef/figure1.png)
figure 2(https://www.dropbox.com/s/nwmr9vjh8omhc54/figure2.png)
figure 3(https://www.dropbox.com/s/imu5efj3qyvnr78/figure3.png)
figure 4(https://www.dropbox.com/s/l4fui79g8dw6lzu/figure4.png)
figure 5(https://www.dropbox.com/s/a3bo77wn2bz86hl/figure5.png)

WANDERER Digital Publishing Inc.
Bobby Tung

Received on Thursday, 4 September 2014 01:23:58 UTC