RE: [hebrew] Baseline level line?

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At 07:53 -0700 2005-06-30, Peter Constable wrote:

> > I'm specifically looking for a base, not a combining mark.
>
>If there was an invisible base letter for it to sit on, then the
>baseline could be a combining mark.
>
>While I supported the invisible letter proposal, what I really favoured
>was an ellipsis base letter -- that is, a character that functions like
>a surrogate base when an actual base is not present, and that can take
>alternate visual realizations, such as a blank, a line or an x-height
>asterisk.

I don't quite understand what you mean by the latter is, but I
certainly still do support the invisible letter proposal.

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