- From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:08:22 -0400
- To: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Cc: public-i18n-indic@w3.org
Richard Ishida scripsit:
> I think the important question is whether the whole conjunct should
> continue to be treated as a unit for first-letter styling, line
> breaking, vertical arrangements, etc, whether or not the conjunct is
> expressed using a visible virama (actually, in fact, whether the
> orthographic syllable continues to be the unit, since it may also
> include vowel signs and such).
Well, that's precisely the point: given a default grapheme cluster,
you can't tell how many orthographic syllables it will require
unless you know what the font will do.
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