- From: John Hudson <tiro@tiro.com>
- Date: Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:03:33 -0700
- To: Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
- CC: www-style@w3.org
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
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