Well that paragraph is rich text; different fonts (roman and upright) at
different sizes (text and script size) pretty much makes it formated
text to me.
Regards,
Khaled
On Tue, Oct 01, 2013 at 10:19:24AM -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote:
> Khaled,
>
> On a typewriter, the same effect can be achieved as
> "anathemati<half-interval up>s<BS><1 interval down>z<half-interval up>e"
>
> Where would the line between markup and typesetting languages be drawn?
>
> Leo
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny_at_eglug.org> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 05:51:09PM -0700, Leo Broukhis wrote:
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > Attached is a part of page 36 of Henry Alford's *The Queen's English: a
> > > manual of idiom and usage (1888)* [
> > > http://archive.org/details/queensenglishman00alfo]
> > >
> > > Is the way to indicate alternative s/z spellings used there plain text
> > > (arguably, if it can be done with a typewriter, it is plain text)
> >
> > I see a typeset book not an output of a typewriter.
> >
> > > or rich text (ignoring the font size of letters s and z)?
> > >
> > > If it's the latter, what's the markup to achieve it?
> >
> > Using TeX:
> >
> > \def\s{${}^{\rm s}_{\rm z}$}
> >
> > 49. How are we to decide between {\it s} and {\it z} in such words as
> > anathemati\s{}e, cauteri\s{}e, criti\-ci\s{}e, deodori\s{}e,
> > dogmati\s{}e,
> > fraterni\s{}e, and the rest? Many of these are derived from Greek
> > \bye
> >
> > Regards,
> > Khaled
> >
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