- From: fantasai <fantasai.lists@inkedblade.net>
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:13:07 -0400
- To: Daniel Glazman <daniel.glazman@disruptive-innovations.com>, CJK discussion <public-i18n-cjk@w3.org>, "HTML Korean Interest Group (public-html-ig-ko@w3.org)" <public-html-ig-ko@w3.org>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
Hello, The CSSWG is working on default rules for text justification, for when there is no information on the document language. The rules will not be ideal for any one language, but should nonetheless produce acceptable results. A key question we are stuck on is whether in Korean it is acceptable to expand between Han and Hangul characters even when Hangul is not expanded. For example, is it OK to expand 0. 서울특별시(서울特別市)는 한반도 as 1. 서울특별시(서울 特 別 市 )는 한반도 ? We suspect this is not ideal, but want to know whether this is (A) bad or (B) broken. For comparison, here are examples of English justification: 0. This is a justification example. 1. This is a justification example. 2. T h i s i s a j u s t i f i c a t i o n e x a m p l e . 3. This is a just ifica tion ex ample. (A) Bad: #1 & #2 #1 & #2 look bad because there is too much space making it hard to read. (B) Broken: #3 #3 is broken because, while the spaces within words are smaller than between words, they are placed where there shouldn't be spaces, distorting the text. And here are examples of Japanese justification: 0. Elikaは勉強しますから寝ませんでした。 1. E l i k a は 勉 強 し ま す か ら 寝 ま せ ん で し た。 2. Elika は勉強しますから寝ませんでした。 3. Elika は 勉 強 しますから 寝 ませんでした。 (A) Bad: #1 & #2 #1 is not good because it is preferred not to expand Roman in most cases; but it is acceptable to put space there. #2 is not ideal because there is too much space, creating discontinuity. (B) Broken: #3 #3 is broken because Japanese does not accept to treat Kanji and Kana differently for justification. So, please let us know, is example #1 for Korean--putting space between Han but not Hangul--considered (A) bad or (B) broken? Thank you! ~fantasai
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