Re: [svgwg] Character counting in text 'x', 'y', 'dx', 'dy', and 'rotate' attributes.

The SVG Working Group just discussed `Character counting in text 'x', 'y', 'dx', 'dy', and 'rotate' attributes`.

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&lt;AmeliaBR> Topic: Character counting in text 'x', 'y', 'dx', 'dy', and 'rotate' attributes<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> github: https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/537<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> Tav: After investigation, I'm even less comfortable switching to "extended grapheme cluster" or "typographic character" for counting, because it's just not clearly defined.<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> ... Definitions can vary according to the particular use case, e.g. line breaking vs layout.<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> ... Nice in principal, but needs a really expert approach.<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> Chris: So how would authors handle e.g., combining accent characters? Would they need to insert, e.g., and extra 0 value in dx?<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> Tav: Yes, as defined in SVG 1.<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> Chris: It's a bit of a pain for authors, who often don't have transparency about whether the platform is using precomposed accents or not.<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> ... Have you got a response back from Behdad?<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> Tav: Not yet. I also pinged @r12a (Richard Ishida) on the issue.<br>
&lt;AmeliaBR> Amelia: Goal should be to balance best for linguistics with something that can be reliably implemented.<br>
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