Re: s-j combination in Unicode?

On 2/13/2013 6:00 PM, Leo Broukhis wrote:
> Everything dialectology-related is a "fancy presentation" of the
> phoneme attribute markup.

Well, that's one view.

A./
>
> Leo
>
> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 5:51 PM, Asmus Freytag <asmusf_at_ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>> On 2/13/2013 2:56 PM, Leo Broukhis wrote:
>>> On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Andries Brouwer <aebr_at_win.tue.nl> wrote:
>>>> I wondered how to code an s-j overstrike combination in Unicode.
>>> I'd write "s ZWJ j" and use a font that has the appropriate ligature.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> These features in Unicode aren't intended as just "hacks" to get the right
>> appearance. The idea is that you can encode the intention of the author more
>> directly. Unless the overstruck sj form happens to be nothing more than
>> fancy presentation of an otherwise normal <s, j> sequence.
>>
>> A ZWJ doesn't let you indicate whether you want an overstuck form or some
>> other fused form, that choice would reside in the font - making the solution
>> font dependent - which doesn't quite seem the correct approach.
>>
>> Otherwise, why not use the BS control code. In the old days of teletypes
>> that would nicely produce this "overstruck" effect. No need to define
>> another format character if all you want to do is restore the semantics of
>> that old control character.
>>
>> A./
Received on Wed Feb 13 2013 - 21:10:37 CST