- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 13:01:05 -0700
- To: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Cc: W3C Style <www-style@w3.org>, www International <www-international@w3.org>
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org> wrote: > 4.5. Character range: the unicode-range descriptor > http://www.w3.org/TR/2013/WD-css-fonts-3-20130711/#unicode-range-desc > > 'Each <urange> value is a UNICODE-RANGE token made up of a "U+" or "u+" > prefix followed by a codepoint range'. The U+ is not always needed before > every codepoint value (eg. in a range). > > Why do we need the U+/u+ ? It would be easier to just use bare hex > codepoints, especially for ranges, where U+ is only used at the start > anyway. The <unicode-range> token has a 10+ year history, I believe, so it's firmly ensconced in this descriptor. As well, this particular syntax is widely recognized as representing unicode codepoints or ranges. ~TJ
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