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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Vladimir wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:BN8PR06MB5427173A6692EC9E33D5AF3EFCCF0@BN8PR06MB5427.namprd06.prod.outlook.com"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As
it relates to item 2), I am curious if some typographic tools
used for certain scripts (drop caps in particular, as they are
mentioned in CSS liaison as a use case “A”) can be considered
universally applicable for all scripts; or whether some of these
tools (such as drop caps) are strictly a product of typographic
norms and traditions that may be commonly used in some scripts
but never in others.</span></blockquote>
<p>There are active discussions regarding what should be expected of
particular CSS propoerties when applied to specific scripts or
categories of scripts. These include things like letterspacing —
what should happen in joining scripts? what should happen in
scripts in which the unit of reading is a cluster rather than an
individual letter? etc. — as well as dropcaps.</p>
<p>For discussion of dropcaps (versals) and South Indian scripts,
see <a href="https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues/56">https://github.com/w3c/iip/issues/56</a></p>
<p>JH</p>
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John Hudson
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