Re: Collation charts out of date

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2004 - 14:52:09 EST

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    On 30/01/2004 09:44, Kenneth Whistler wrote:

    >... The latter would be easier
    >to implement, but then would lead to arguments among the
    >perfectionists as to why "small capital" should be a secondary
    >weight distinction when capital versus small is a tertiary
    >weight distinction. And so on and so on...
    >
    >
    >
    Thank you, Ken. Well, this perfectionist is arguing why this should be a
    PRIMARY weight distinction when capital versus small is tertiary,...

    >In any case, these small capitals are very, very unlikely to
    >count much in sorting of any real corpus of data, and even if
    >they do, the mechanism of tailoring is always available for
    >people to tweak the table into exactly the behavior they
    >prefer.
    >
    >--Ken
    >
    >
    ... but I agree that it is of no practical significance.

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    Peter Kirk
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