Re: Request for comments: :first-letter in non-Latin scripts

Richard Ishida wrote:

>The W3C i18n Working Group would like to gather information about the usefulness, in general, of the ::first-letter pseudo-element in non-Latin scripts, and any particular issues or differences arising from the different characteristics of the scripts. We would like to hear from you if you have some knowledge/thoughts in this area. 
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>Please read the questions at 
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>http://people.w3.org/rishida/blog/?p=40
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>and send your comments to www-international @ w3.org
>Archive: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-international/
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>Thank you.
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Hi Richard,

I tested  LamAlif letter (Lam+Alif) as a "first letter" with mozilla 1.7 
(http://www.w3c.org.ma/Tests/InitLigature.html). Only the very first 
letter LAM is styled. I was expecting that (nomally) LamAlif as a 
ligature would be considered as first letter.

I am not expert in writing/printing systems. I'll ask some experts 
around here to know more about that.

>(We may adopt this approach as way of regularly seeking feedback on particular issues.)
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