- From: David Perrell <davidp@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 01:05:54 -0800
- To: www-style <www-style@w3.org>
Chris Lilley wrote: > Well, not everyone thinks in terms of two wooden boxed filled with lumps > of lead. Furthermore, the term does not necessarily apply since some > non-Latin scripts are bicameral but the two forms are not used in the > same way as our "upper case" and "lower case". So, having an upper and a > lower case is one example of a bicameral script. Hmm. I wonder how the latin-bicameral-oriented font descriptors for AFM and Truetype are used with other scripts. > " Bicameral > A bicameral alphabet is two alphabets joined. The modern > Latin alphabet, which you are reading, is an example [...] " > > Robert Bringhurst, The Elements f Typographic Style, second edition. > ISBN 0-88179-132-6 Looks like a useful reference. At the moment I've a junkie's reticence to do the Amazon one-click yet another time. A bibliography in the CSS spec listing 'backgrounder' books such as this would be a useful addition, IMHO. David Perrell
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