Everything dialectology-related is a "fancy presentation" of the
phoneme attribute markup.
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./
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