On 03/05/2016 03:20 PM, John Hudson wrote: > Dear David, > > Some general comments on hanging punctuation: > > The practice of hanging punctuation is so neglected, that a lot of people — including experienced digital typographers — do > not favour it, or wish it to be implemented in a discreet way that involves a kind of compromise: punctuation extending a > little into the margins, but not fully hanging. That kind of 'optical' alignment of margins is best accomplished, though, if > it also takes into account letter shape (Adobe's optical margins algorithm attempts this, fairly well for European scripts and > disastrously for many others). I consider this something different from hanging punctuation in the traditional sense, which is > a practice in metal typography based, in turn, on manuscript models. Thanks, John, for the information. :) Just wanted to point out, that the 'end' and 'force-end' values of 'hanging-punctuation' at this level are designed primarily for CJK typography, so the considerations are a bit different--while the end result is still about a strong right edge, there's more consideration to the character grid and thus optical kerning isn't a good solution. Handling Western requirements is definitely something we would like to add, so definitely your comments are something to take into consideration. I've been thinking we should use a different set of keywords for optical alignment, though, so as not to mix up the behaviors. ~fantasaiReceived on Tuesday, 8 March 2016 05:02:37 UTC
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