Re: Printing and Displaying Dependent Vowels

From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Fri Mar 26 2004 - 05:39:05 EST

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    On 25/03/2004 13:33, jcowan@reutershealth.com wrote:

    >Avarangal scripsit:
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    >>Can any one provide information on the sequences used for diplaying
    >>and printing dependent vowels as standalones.
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    >The standards-conforming way to do so is to precede the dependent vowel with a
    >space character (U+0020). If this sequence is not displayed correctly, complain
    >to your software or font vendor, but it should be.
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    There are two standards-conforming way of doing these. One is to precede
    the dependent vowel with a space character; the other is to precede it
    with a non-breaking space. The latter method is preferable, especially
    if the standalone dependent vowel is likely to occur as part of a word
    rather than in isolation, to avoid unwanted line breaks. 

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Peter Kirk
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