On 07/31/2002 12:27:46 PM Michael Everson wrote:
>>Unicode is not for encoding typographical effects such as superscripts or >>subscripts (the sups and subs in area U+2070..U+208E are part of a sort of >>"archaeological area" of Unicode, which is called Compatibility Characters). > >Not quite. Some superscripts and subscripts used in phonetic >transcriptions are actual letters needed in plain text. Michael is right; with that exception, Marco was basically right. But let's keep in mind that the original request had to do with superscripts and subscripts for mathematical formulas, for which MathML is clearly appropriate. - Peter --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Constable Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA Tel: +1 972 708 7485 E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
