i18n-ISSUE-406: Single grapheme rather than letter

2.2. Selecting Initial Letters
http://www.w3.org/TR/2015/WD-css-inline-3-20150917/#selecting-drop-initials


Editorial, since first-letter is specified in the Selectors spec.

"Initial letters are typically a single letter, which can be selected by 
the ::first-letter pseudo-element"

This (a) makes it sound as if ::first-letter only supports single 
characters, (b) may be thought to imply that ::first-letter should be 
used rather than initial-letter when only a single character is involved.

I suggest you break the sentence and add some additional text, such as

"Initial letters are typically a single letter, although they may 
include punctuation or a sequence of characters which are perceived by a 
user to be a single typographic unit.

"::first-letter pseudo-element, as defined in [SELECT], can be used to 
select initial letters. Authors who need more control..."

ri

Received on Wednesday, 23 September 2015 17:38:48 UTC