From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Philippe Verdy
> One of the main reason for adding the variation sequence is that current font > technologies ... > can only be tweaked based on language (and IPA notations apply to any > language), and > there's no way to specify an orthographic distinction in OpenType for > example... That statement is incorrect. See, in particular, the OpenType tag registry page for language system tags at http://www.microsoft.com/typography/otspec/languagetags.htm and search on "IPA": you'll find that the tag "IPPH" is registered to indicate typographic preferences for IPA transcription. Peter
