On 06/04/2001 01:28:28 PM Marco Cimarosti wrote:
>I am proposing two *compatibility* characters in order to maintain a
certain
>font difference in *plain* text. But, if I am in plain text, I cannot turn
>on or off "font features" for portions of text.
But the feature is only to turn the underline on or off, and that
difference doesn't need to be distinguished at all in plain text. The
superscripting *is* needed, though.
>On the other hand, if I am in rich text I can do such things, but I don't
>need these compatibility characters any more: I can use the real
>"superscript" font property.
But there would be some meaning lost in plain text that, at least in the
case of phonemic transcriptions, I think should be there in plain text.
- Peter
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