[alreq] Need control of baseline stretching (#226)

• From: r12a via GitHub <sysbot+gh@w3.org>
• Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2020 17:38:28 +0000
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r12a has just created a new issue for https://github.com/w3c/alreq:

== Need control of baseline stretching ==
It is very common in Arabic script to stretch words or phrases to a particular width (eg. to match a Latin translation or transcription above or below). This is achieved by lengthening the connections between letters, and to some extent by use of wide glyph variants, etc. The rules for which part of the text to stretch and how far are complicated - this is not the even spacing that usually occurs in tracked Latin text. There are currently no mechanisms for managing this process effectively in HTML/CSS.

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/alreq/issues/226 using your GitHub account

Received on Sunday, 2 February 2020 17:38:30 UTC