[clreq] Lack of support for applying extra spacing between Chinese/Japanese and Western text (#401)

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== Lack of support for applying extra spacing between Chinese/Japanese and Western text ==
<i class="meta">This issue applies to Chinese and Japanese.</i>

In Chinese and Japanese composition, it is usually recommended to apply extra spacing between Chinese/Japanese and Western text to increase the recognition of Western text.

Currently, browsers do not support this feature, so content authors have to work around the problem by adding spaces manually.

See also requirements in [Chinese](https://www.w3.org/TR/clreq/#mixed_text_composition_in_horizontal_writing_mode) and [Japanese](https://www.w3.org/TR/jlreq/#id209).

<b class="subhead">Specs:</b>
[text-spacing: ideograph-alpha](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-4/#valdef-text-spacing-ideograph-alpha) in the [css-text](https://www.w3.org/TR/css-text-4/) specification.

<b class="subhead">Tests & results:</b>
Interactive test [text-spacing: ideograph-alpha should create 1/4em extra spacing between runs of ideographs and non-ideographic letters](https://github.com/w3c/line_paragraph_tests/issues/76)

<b class="subhead">Browser bug reports:</b>
[Gecko](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=289130) • [Blink](https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=1260688) • [Webkit](https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=157383)

<b class="subhead">Priority:</b>

Given that a workaround is possible, though not ideal, this is prioritised as an advanced issue.

Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/clreq/issues/401 using your GitHub account


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