Re[2]: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying DependentVowels)

2004-04-03 Thread Alexander Savenkov
> Alexander Savenkov suggested: >> Why not? I think Peter needs a good book on typesetting to find out >> what is inserted inserted between "Louis" and "XIV". In this case IIRC >> there should be the following sequence: Louis,ZWNBSP,SP,ZWNBSP,XIV. Kenneth Whistler replied: > Uh, no. is equivale

Re[2]: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying DependentVowels)

2004-04-02 Thread Asmus Freytag
Somebody wrote: > non-breaking and non-stretching are presentational properties, not > semantic ones. They don't change the meaning of the space: it's still > just a space, not a hyphen or the letter "g". They don't affect > non-visual media; we don't break lines in spoken speech. "Louis XVI" > is

Re: Re[2]: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying DependentVowels)

2004-04-02 Thread D. Starner
> > It only affects its (visual) aesthetic > > quality. > > That is arguable. An aural user agent could pronounce "1, 2, 3" a bit > different from "1, 2, 3" if there is a (say) thin space between the > digits in the latter case. It could pronounce it quicker, for example. And it could read

Re[2]: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying DependentVowels)

2004-04-02 Thread Alexander Savenkov
Hello, sorry for the late response. 2004-04-01T03:47:40+03:00 Kenneth Whistler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Other possible approaches that any industrial-strength > typesetting program ought to provide: ... > The point is that looking to encode a special character in > Unicode for every distin

Re[2]: Fixed Width Spaces (was: Printing and Displaying DependentVowels)

2004-04-02 Thread Alexander Savenkov
Hello, and sorry for the late response. 2004-04-01T05:41:02+03:00 fantasai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But, as Ken has just clarified, with NBSP Louis' neck may be stretched rather uncomfortably, if not cut completely. Here is what I don't want to see (fixed width font required): >