From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Tue Nov 04 2008 - 15:17:38 CST
On 4 Nov 2008, at 18:06, Asmus Freytag wrote:
> As you can see, the case where an RTL script is overridden to L is
> *not* covered by this language. Conformant process MUST NOT mirror
> characters in this case. What the UAX should have been saying is:
>
> "Characters with a resolved directionality of R, or characters
> defined in the standard with bidirectional class of R and resolved
> directionality of L, can also...."
>
> But, unless it's fixed, that UAX is *not* saying that and Kent's
> correct.
It needs to be fixed, then, or Old Italic and Egyptian Hieroglyphs are
broken.
>
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com
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