Re: first-word pseudo-element

Tantek Celik wrote:

>> All text/visual properties should apply to all languages and writing system.
> 
> I strongly disagree.
> 
> It is reasonable to expect that different languages and writing systems will
> have different layout/typographic effects in common usage (yes, even before
> the web).
> 
> Therefore, it is far more useful to pursue properties even if they only
> apply to a few languages, than to limit properties to some lowest common
> denominator across hundreds of languages.
> 
> 'word-spacing' may only apply to some languages, just as 'ruby' layout may
> only apply to some languages.  There are other examples of properties which
> only make sense in a few languages (which happen to be non-Latin) in the
> recent CSS3 Text Module.
> 
> We should seek to represent the individual stylistic/typographical richness
> of different languages and writing systems rather than attempting to force
> them all to fit one mold.

Are you saying that I should not be able to use a ruby box model with 
latin characters just because I like the effect it brings ? Or that I 
should not use grid layout because it is mainly made for ideographic 
writing systems ?

Let's make features that everybody can use, as core feature of his own 
language/writing system, or as a nice rendering extension coming from 
other cultures.

My .02 euros...

</Daniel>

Received on Friday, 18 May 2001 10:53:16 UTC