Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-02-03 Thread Stefan Persson
- Original Message - From: Asmus Freytag [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Karl Pentzlin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 31 januari 2002 22:09 Subject: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur)) A more productive

Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-02-03 Thread Stefan Persson
- Original Message - From: Asmus Freytag [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Karl Pentzlin [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 31 januari 2002 22:09 Subject: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur)) A more productive

Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-02-03 Thread John Hudson
At 07:35 2/3/2002, Stefan Persson wrote: Italics is better supported than Fraktur, as most word processors have an option for using italics with any font installed on the computer. For Fraktur one has to use a different font. Um, for italics one has to use a different font also. Many programs

Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-02-03 Thread Michael \(michka\) Kaplan
From: John Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Um, for italics one has to use a different font also. Many programs provide an italics button that activates the italic member of a font family, but this still involves selecting a separate font. Au contraire, sir! Many fonts *do* have a separate .TTF

Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-02-03 Thread Curtis Clark
At 10:25 AM 2/3/02, John Hudson wrote: Um, for italics one has to use a different font also. Many programs provide an italics button that activates the italic member of a font family, but this still involves selecting a separate font. And it would be simple to set up a font family so that

Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-02-03 Thread John Hudson
At 10:55 2/3/2002, Michael \(michka\) Kaplan wrote: Um, for italics one has to use a different font also. Many programs provide an italics button that activates the italic member of a font family, but this still involves selecting a separate font. Au contraire, sir! Many fonts *do* have

When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR (was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-01-31 Thread Asmus Freytag
At 09:42 AM 1/30/02 +0100, Karl Pentzlin wrote: The question is, are typesetting rules part of the script? (I mean rules in the sense of obligatory regulations, not guidelines). This distinction is a very German way of approaching the question. If yes, (in my opinion) the plain text must carry

Re: When to use markup: (Was:Introducing the idea of a ROMAN VARIANT SELECTOR(was: Re: Proposing Fraktur))

2002-01-31 Thread ろ〇〇〇〇 ろ〇〇〇
.. about Fraktur vs. Roman being a codepoint difference rather than a markup difference.. Like everything else in character encoding, there are shades of gray, and levels of gradation, so not everything is clear cut. But recognizing up front that character codes may legitimately serve