Stefan wrote:

> > Many Japanese word processors already have that capability.  HTML4 has 
> > <ruby> tag exactly for that purpose.
> 
> And Unicode has characters for that purpose, too.
> 
>       Unicode: U+FFF9 kanji U+FFFA furigana U+FFFB  
>       HTML4:  <RUBY><RD>  kanji  </RD><RT>  furigana  </RT></RUBY> 
> 
> 
> Examples:
> ?漢字?ふりがな?
> 漢字ふりがな

Ah, but read the caveats carefully. The Unicode interlinear
annotation characters are *not* intended for interchange, unlike
the HTML4 <ruby> tag. See TUS 3.0, p. 326. They are, essentially,
internal-use anchor points.

--Ken



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