- From: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:13:22 +0100
- To: "'Megan Larkins'" <megan@kjinternational.com>, "'Andrew Cunningham'" <andrewc@vicnet.net.au>
- Cc: <www-international@w3.org>
Hi Megan, Thanks for your offer to help. Maybe you could discuss this more with Andrew initially. Cheers, RI ============ Richard Ishida Internationalization Lead W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) http://www.w3.org/International/ http://rishida.net/ > -----Original Message----- > From: Megan Larkins [mailto:megan@kjinternational.com] > Sent: 14 July 2010 14:07 > To: 'Andrew Cunningham'; 'Richard Ishida' > Cc: www-international@w3.org > Subject: RE: For review: Using <b> and <i> tags > > Hello, > > I've been "listening" in on these emails for some while now so I thought I > would introduce myself briefly. My name is Megan Larkins, I work for KJ > International, a Language Service Provider(LSP) in Minneapolis, MN. I've > been the Technical Research Specialist here for nearly 3 years. > > As Andrew mentioned, I second the need for a compiled list with basic > typesetting and typographic data for various languages and scripts. I'd be > willing to start putting together a list although I would definitely need > some tips in how to go about doing so. (Who would be considered an > authority > on the subject and how would I need to collect my data as far as references > etc.) > > In my experience with some SE Asian languages in the past we've been asked > to use underlines instead of italics, we've also been asked in some cases to > remove bolding. Preferences so far seem to vary between translators and the > clients we provide translations for. > > Megan > > **************************************** > Megan Larkins > Technical Research Specialist > KJ International Resources > Email: megan@kjinternational.com > Direct: 612-355-5617 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: www-international-request@w3.org > [mailto:www-international-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Andrew > Cunningham > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 5:46 AM > To: Richard Ishida > Cc: molly@molly.com; 'Dan Brickley'; www-international@w3.org > Subject: RE: For review: Using <b> and <i> tags > > I need to give some thought to when and how these tags should be used in > SE > Asian scripts, and what sort of styling should be applied to the <i> > element. > > At some stage it would be useful to compile some basic typesetting and > typographic data on various languages and scripts. > > On Wed, July 14, 2010 20:20, Richard Ishida wrote: > > Thanks Dan and Molly! Your help in getting the word out is much > > appreciated! > > > > > > RI > > > > ============ > > Richard Ishida > > Internationalization Lead > > W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) > > > > http://www.w3.org/International/ > > http://rishida.net/ > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: mholzschlag@gmail.com [mailto:mholzschlag@gmail.com] On > Behalf > >> Of Molly E. Holzschlag > >> Sent: 14 July 2010 09:20 > >> To: Dan Brickley > >> Cc: Richard Ishida; www-international@w3.org > >> Subject: Re: For review: Using <b> and <i> tags > >> > >> I had the same results - lots of retweets/reposts here as well! > >> > >> Molly :) > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 12:27 AM, Dan Brickley <danbri@danbri.org> > >> wrote: > >> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org> wrote: > >> >> http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags > >> > > >> > Just FYI, I circulated this on identi.ca and Twitter, and judging > >> > by the healthy number of re-posts it got, you've definitely tapped > >> > into a practical question that has been bothering people. Nice work! > >> > > >> > Dan > >> > > >> > > >> > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3001 - Release Date: > >> 07/13/10 19:36:00 > > > > > > > > > -- > Andrew Cunningham > Research and Development Coordinator > Vicnet > State Library of Victoria > Australia > > andrewc@vicnet.net.au > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3003 - Release Date: 07/13/10 > 19:36:00
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