Re: [csswg-drafts] [css-text] cursive shaping breaks needs better scoping

> If you want to draw a box around a character without affecting anything, use 'outline' instead.

i was unaware of the outline property (!). Ok then.

> A color change partway through a ligature is not likely to work out....

Sure, there are things that are more difficult, and content authors are not likely to try that, if it doesn't. But highlighting signs as shown here for devanagari is not an extraordinary ask, and should continue to be feasible, given an appropriate font:

![screen shot 2018-11-12 at 16 25 02](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4839211/48360618-888a1100-e697-11e8-973b-7f01e42ae63a.png)

![screen shot 2018-11-12 at 16 26 39](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4839211/48360745-cbe47f80-e697-11e8-9695-3b669cd2be4e.png)

> The third case, :first-letter should be treated the same as any other inline box, and should already be covered by this statement: "Text shaping must not be broken across inline box boundaries when there is no change in formatting."

I begin to wonder what is the meaning of 'change in formatting' if first-letter styling doesn't result in any??  What would be the point in using first-letter unless it changed the formatting?  Can you make that clearer?

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