On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 14:26:28 -0800
Asmus Freytag via Unicode <unicode_at_unicode.org> wrote:
> On 2/8/2019 2:08 PM, Richard Wordingham via Unicode wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Feb 2019 17:16:09 +0000 (GMT)
> "wjgo_10009_at_btinternet.com via Unicode" <unicode_at_unicode.org> wrote:
>
> Andrew West wrote:
>
> Just reminding you that "The initial character in a variation
> sequence
> is never a nonspacing combining mark (gc=Mn) or a canonical
> decomposable character" (The Unicode Standard 11.0 §23.4).
>
> Hopefully the issue that Andrew mentions can be resolved in some way.
>
> This is not a problem. Instead of writing <ê, VS14>, one just writes
> <e, VS14, U+0302 COMBINING CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT>.
>
> And .... introducing yet another convention, which is that combining
> marks inherit the font of the base character.
>
> Remember, italics, even though presented as a boolean attribute in
> most UIs is in fact typographically a font selection.
Wouldn't <e, VS14> be the base character for the selection of the
font?
Richard.
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