From: unicode-bounce_at_unicode.org [mailto:unicode-bounce_at_unicode.org] 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
Received on Tue Jun 28 2011 - 22:48:35 CDT
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