This alternate orthography notation for (s|z) in criticise/criticize would be more fun if it was discussing (o|ou) in neighbor/neighbour. One shouldn’t think of a single character to represent the o over both ou, markup is easier.
Cheers, On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> wrote: > Well that paragraph is rich text; different fonts (roman and upright) at > different sizes (text and script size) pretty much makes it formated > text to me. > > Regards, > Khaled > > On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 10:19:24AM -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote: >> Khaled, >> >> On a typewriter, the same effect can be achieved as >> "anathemati<half-interval up>s<BS><1 interval down>z<half-interval up>e" >> >> Where would the line between markup and typesetting languages be drawn? >> >> Leo >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Khaled Hosny <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 05:51:09PM -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote: >> > > Hi All, >> > > >> > > Attached is a part of page 36 of Henry Alford's *The Queen's English: a >> > > manual of idiom and usage (1888)* [ >> > > http://archive.org/details/queensenglishman00alfo] >> > > >> > > Is the way to indicate alternative s/z spellings used there plain text >> > > (arguably, if it can be done with a typewriter, it is plain text) >> > >> > I see a typeset book not an output of a typewriter. >> > >> > > or rich text (ignoring the font size of letters s and z)? >> > > >> > > If it's the latter, what's the markup to achieve it? >> > >> > Using TeX: >> > >> > \def\s{${}^{\rm s}_{\rm z}$} >> > >> > 49. How are we to decide between {\it s} and {\it z} in such words as >> > anathemati\s{}e, cauteri\s{}e, criti\-ci\s{}e, deodori\s{}e, >> > dogmati\s{}e, >> > fraterni\s{}e, and the rest? Many of these are derived from Greek >> > \bye >> > >> > Regards, >> > Khaled >> > > -- Denis Moyogo Jacquerye African Network for Localisation http://www.africanlocalisation.net/ Nkótá ya Kongó míbalé --- http://info-langues-congo.1sd.org/ DejaVu fonts --- http://www.dejavu-fonts.org/
