Re: Another cut on the Character-Transform Property

Brad Kemper wrote:

> To me, 'glyph-position' is meaningful

But glyph positioning is a whole substrate of OpenType Layout, 
implemented via the Glyph Positioning (GPOS) table: kerning, mark 
positioning, cursive attachment positioning, etc. I think it would be 
confusing to re-use so fundamental a general term for something as 
specific as superscript and subscript styling.

Further, positioning still only describe half of what is being done in 
super- and subscript styling.

> When I see 'script-style', I think first of JavaSCRIPT and cascading STYLE sheets.

Yes, this is why I moved away from 'script-style'. The word script is 
overloaded, so needs a clear adjectival distinguisher. The trick is to 
come up with such an adjective that captures both super- and subscript 
scaling and positioning.

JH

Received on Sunday, 4 April 2010 20:04:08 UTC