Re: [css3-writing-modes] what are the Sv and Sh categories in Appendix C

On 01/15/2012 06:16 PM, John Daggett wrote:
>> From CSS3 Writing Modes, Appendix C: Vertical Typesetting Synthesis:
> http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css3-writing-modes/#vertical-typesetting-details
>
>> For vertical typesetting, using [[!UTR50]] and the rules below,
>> characters are assigned into one of five categories:
>> ...
>>
>> sideways (Sv)
>>      These characters are sideways (rotated 90° clockwise) in both
>>      ‘upright-right’ and ‘upright’ text orientations.
>>
>> non-native (Sh)
>>      These characters are sideways in ‘upright-right’ orientation and
>>      upright in ‘upright’ orientation.
>
> I can't find a draft of the UTR-50 that defines these categories.  Is
> this based on a private discussion or is this a separate proposal of
> someone?

UTR-50 doesn't define these categories, but we need them, so they're
defined in css3-writing-modes.

> Also, the link to the current draft UTR-50 is not set up correctly in
> the bibliography file, such the references in the editor's draft
> appear as [[!UTR-50]].

Yeah, I need Bert to fix that before we republish.

~fantasai

Received on Monday, 16 January 2012 21:48:17 UTC