Re: [css-ruby] ruby-position: inter-character

On Sunday 2014-09-21 00:09 -0500, David Hyatt wrote:
> I see a similarity with other font features that layout engines have synthesized in the past if the fonts don't have built-in support. For example, synthesized small caps.
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> I agree that the font should ultimately do it, but I'm not sure it's practical to wait for the fonts (and OS text engines) to catch up here.
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> Given the lack of support in existing fonts, I'm expressing a willingness to do the positioning in layout myself, since - assuming the rules are well understood - it doesn't strike me as overly difficult to do so. I don't think there's any reason this has to be a spec requirement though (that the layout engine position the tone marks).
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> Something like the CSS2.1 small-caps phrasing is all I'd really be asking for in the spec, e.g., section 15.5:
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> "It is acceptable (but not required) ... "

OK, sounds reasonable to me.

-David

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