RE: [css3-text-layout][svg] writing-mode values across CSS and SVG

Please don't drop tb-lr.  That is needed for basic Mongolian support (and supported already by IE for HTML http://www.w3.org/International/tests/tests-html-css/tests-vertical-text/generate?test=3).

SVG should add that.

Cheers,
RI

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Richard Ishida
Internationalization Lead
W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)

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http://rishida.net/




> -----Original Message-----
> From: www-style-request@w3.org [mailto:www-style-request@w3.org] On
> Behalf Of Doug Schepers
> Sent: 30 June 2010 11:14
> To: Sylvain Galineau
> Cc: www-style@w3.org; Doug Schepers; Patrick Dengler; Kevin Babbitt; public-
> fx@w3.org; Liam Quin
> Subject: Re: [css3-text-layout][svg] writing-mode values across CSS and SVG
> 
> Hi, Sylvain-
> 
> Sylvain Galineau wrote (on 6/29/10 3:21 PM):
> > (Copying Doug as I am not sure whether this is a concern of the FXTF
> > or the SVG WG proper)
> 
> In general, if there is a question or issue that affects both CSS and
> SVG, it should be sent to the FXTF.  That way the participants of both
> groups know about it, and can deal with it in their own specs as well as
> any joint specs.
> 
> 
> > Currently, CSS3 Text Layout defines the writing-mode property as taking:
> >
> >  lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | bt-rl | tb-lr | bt-lr
> >
> > In SVG1.1, Second Edition [2], writing-mode supports :
> >
> >  lr-tb | rl-tb | tb-rl | lr | rl | tb | inherit
> >
> > 1) In addition to the inherit keyword, SVG adds shorthand values
> > for lr-tb (lr), rl-tb (rl) and tb-rl (tb).
> >
> > 2) SVG also drops bt-rl, tb-lr and bt-lr.
> >
> > To make both authors and implementors lives easier - especially in mixed
> > documents - both WGs should harmonize the values this property supports.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> 
> > At a minimum, I propose that the CSS3 definition of writing-mode:
> >  1. Include the inherit keyword
> >  2. Include the shorthand values defined by SVG i.e. lr, rl and tb.
> 
> That sounds good to me.
> 
> 
> > I suspect SVG drops certain direction combinations due to the lack of
> > known script for them but those may be useful for other purposes.
> 
> Without knowing the background of the exclusions, my opinion is that the
> SVG WG should simply align to whatever CSS defines here (and I suspect
> the rest of the group will say the same).
> 
> I believe that these 'writing-mode' property may have come from XSL-FO
> originally... in any case, we should all align together (CCing Liam Quin).
> 
> > [1] http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-text-layout/#writing-mode
> > [2]
> http://dev.w3.org/SVG/profiles/1.1F2/publish/text.html#WritingModeProperty
> 
> Regards-
> -Doug Schepers
> W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
> 
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