Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying Dependent Vowels)

2004-03-30 Thread Ernest Cline
> [Original Message] > From: Asmus Freytag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 12:19 PM 3/29/2004, Ernest Cline wrote: > > > > >UAX #14 makes a rather definitive statement on this issue, albeit > >in an obscure place, in Section 3: Introduction. > > 4.0.1 will amend that section to correct the wrong impr

Re: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying Dependent Vowels)

2004-03-30 Thread Asmus Freytag
At 10:12 AM 3/30/2004, Ernest Cline wrote: > [Original Message] > From: Asmus Freytag <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 12:19 PM 3/29/2004, Ernest Cline wrote: > > > > >UAX #14 makes a rather definitive statement on this issue, albeit > >in an obscure place, in Section 3: Introduction. > > 4.0.1 will a

Re: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying Dependent Vowels)

2004-03-30 Thread Peter Kirk
On 30/03/2004 11:46, Asmus Freytag wrote: ... Still, there is a need for a fixed width space with a width equal to the unjustified width of a normal space . Perhaps you would like to elaborate where and when that is used. What problem does a fixed width space solve? Are those circumstances wher

Re: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying Dependent Vowels)

2004-03-30 Thread John Cowan
Peter Kirk scripsit: > In each of these cases FIGURE SPACE may be appropriate. Are any of these > alternative spaces non-breaking? That is also a requirement in my last > two applications. You can make anything non-breaking by putting ZWNBSP on both sides of it. -- John Cowan www.ccil.org/~c

Re: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying Dependent Vowels)

2004-03-30 Thread fantasai
Asmus Freytag wrote: and I don't know whether FOUR-PER-EM is the width of a typical space. FOUR-PER-EM is 1/4 of an em, always. A typical space, however, varies in width depending on the font. ~fantasai