On 2014-10-08 15:55, Phillip Lord wrote: > I'm always at a bit of a loss when I read this sort of thing. Kerning, > seriously? We can't share scientific content in HTML because of kerning? > > In practice, web browsers do a perfectly reasonable job of text layout, > in real time, and do it in a way that allows easy reflowing. The > thing about Sarven's LNCS style sheets, for instance, is that I like the > most is that I can turn them off; I don't like the LNCS format. > > Having said all of that, 5 minutes of googling suggests that, kerning > support is in Canditate Recommendation form from W3C, and at least three > different JS libraries that support it. I forgot to mention in my earlier email to Luca, but here would do. On a more general note, the W3C Digital Publishing Interest Group is in fact - actually I paraphrase, but someone that's active can chime in - investigating these type of things, to see to what extent they would be supported via W3C Recommendations, and to cooperate with relevant W3C WG [1]. So, something like this could be raised at DPUB IG or to see if they have to say anything. See the "List of current DIGPUB IG Task Forces". There is also [2] which can serve as discussion points as to what could be implemented for text layout and pagination. [1] http://www.w3.org/dpub/IG/wiki/Main_Page [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/dpub-latinreq/ -Sarven
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