- From: Richard Ishida <ishida@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 12:16:45 +0000
- To: indic <public-i18n-indic@w3.org>, "CJK discussion (public-i18n-cjk@w3.org)" <public-i18n-cjk@w3.org>, public-i18n-tibetan@w3.org, public-i18n-mongolian@w3.org, W3C Style <www-style@w3.org>
The CSS WG needs advice on initial letter styling in non-Latin scripts,
ie. things like drop caps, for a recently published Working Draft, CSS
Inline Layout Module Level 3.
http://dev.w3.org/csswg/css-inline/#initial-letter-styling
The spec currently describes drop, sunken and raised initial characters,
and allows you to manipulate them using the initial-letter and the
initial-letter-align properties. You can apply those properties to text
selected by ::first-letter, or to the first child of a block (such as a
span).
The editors are looking for
"any examples of drop initials in non-western scripts, especially
Arabic and Indic scripts."
I have scanned some examples from newspapers (so, not high quality
print). I’ll add a few more shortly.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ishida/sets/72157650248400402/
In the section about initial-letter-align the spec says:
"Input from those knowledgeable about non-Western typographic
traditions would be very helpful in describing the appropriate
alignments. More values may be required for this property."
Do you have detailed information about initial letter styling in a
non-Latin script that you can contribute? If so, please write to
www-style@w3.org (how to subscribe).
ri
Received on Tuesday, 13 January 2015 12:17:17 UTC