Re: Fwd: Initia-letter feedback

On 24/02/2015 09:20, Somnath Chandra wrote:
> Pl find additional feedback on Indic First letter requirement. Looking
> forward to hear from you.


i'm still not quite clear about how Indian typographers address a 
situation where, in the same text, one of the initial-letters is very 
tall (eg. has subjoined consonants) and another is not tall.

In the three schematics below, a tall character is represented by three 
@ signs stacked vertically, or two = signs where the character size has 
been shrunk to fit. A medium height character is represented by two @s. 
A,B, C and D are just labels for us to talk about the schematics, and 
are not part of the text.

Would authors typically do A+B, or A+C or C+D? Or are there no real rules?

A (tall character)
@ xxxxxx
@ xxxxxx
@ xxxxxx
xxxxxxxx

B (medium height character)
@ xxxxxx
@ xxxxxx
   xxxxxx
xxxxxxxx

C (medium height character)
@ xxxxxx
@ xxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx

D (tall character)
= xxxxxx
= xxxxxx
xxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxx

One reason for asking is that i suspect the answer may affect whether 
intial-letter rules are generally set in the style sheet or have to be 
set individually on the element, or how the required space is worked out 
by the processor.

ri

Received on Tuesday, 24 February 2015 14:05:40 UTC