On 27/05/14 2:12 PM, Richard Ishida wrote:
> Then perhaps we should replace the Arabic example with one in Uighur.
I wrote a paper on Uighur text handling for Adobe a few years ago.
Here's the section on line breaking:
Reinhard F. Hahn (_Spoken Uyghur_ 1991) describes
the traditional convention for splitting words at
linebreaks:
"No particular symbol is used to indicate end-of-line
divisions in the kona yeziq. Where applicable, the
last letter before a division appears in its initial
or medial form, and the first letter after a division
appears in its medial or final form. In other words,
they appear as though they were still connected,
despite being on two different lines."
Recent books we consulted that employ word division
in line breaking -- e.g. Davamĕt 1993, Samsaḳ 1985 --
follow this convention but with the addition of an
explicit hyphen which is similar in form to a straight
kashida (U+0640 ARABIC TATWEEL). This mark is inserted
after both left-connecting and non-connecting letters
at line-end. It is not known how this convention should
be handled from an encoding and line layout perspective,
so no recommendation is made for font implementation
at this time.
The attached image illustrates the convention described in the last
paragraph.
The books referenced are:
Davamĕt, Tömür. _Söyümlük yurtum Şincañ._ Urumçi.
Şincañ H̱ĕlḳ Nĕşriyati, 1993.
Hahn, Reinhard F. _Spoken Uyghur._ Seattle.
University of Washington Press, 1991
Samsaḳ, Turdi. _Aẖirĕttin kĕlgĕnlĕr : roman._
Urumçi. Şincañ Yaşlar Nĕşriyati, 1985.
JH
