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Re: [Ltru] font features in CSS

From: John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:41:09 -0400
To: Peter Constable <petercon@microsoft.com>
Cc: Andrew Cunningham <lang.support@gmail.com>, Martin J. Dürst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>, LTRU Working Group <ltru@ietf.org>, www-font <www-font@w3.org>, Hċkon Wium Lie <howcome@opera.com>, www-style <www-style@w3.org>, Jonathan Kew <jonathan@jfkew.plus.com>, Stephen Zilles <szilles@adobe.com>, "Adam Twardoch (List)" <list.adam@twardoch.com>
Message-ID: <20091031004109.GE19026@mercury.ccil.org>
Peter Constable scripsit:

> Indeed, the OT language system tags are about typographic
> conventions. Now, many languages have a single conventional writing
> system and a single set of conventions for typography for that
> writing system, though conventions may different for other languages
> with writing systems based on the same script. 

Is the repertoire of characters considered part of the typographic
convention of a language?  Because if so, hardly two languages will
share the same conventions.

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