Stefan wrote:
> > Many Japanese word processors already have that capability. HTML4 has
> > <ruby> tag exactly for that purpose.
>
> And Unicode has characters for that purpose, too.
>
> Unicode: U+FFF9 kanji U+FFFA furigana U+FFFB
> HTML4: <RUBY><RD> kanji </RD><RT> furigana </RT></RUBY>
>
>
> Examples:
> ?漢字?ふりがな?
> 漢字ふりがな
Ah, but read the caveats carefully. The Unicode interlinear
annotation characters are *not* intended for interchange, unlike
the HTML4 <ruby> tag. See TUS 3.0, p. 326. They are, essentially,
internal-use anchor points.
--Ken
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