This is one example where colour support in fonts would be useful. A useful addition to the OpenType specifications if any readers here have influence on such matters.
Something I have a vested interest in with my own focus on Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philipp Reichmuth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jon Hanna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:35 PM Subject: Re: Combining across markup? (Was: RE: sign for anti-neutrino - g ree k nu with diacritical line aboveworkaround ?) > > Jon Hanna schrieb: > > The W3C Character Model does not, or will not since it's not yet a > > Recommendation, allow text nodes or attribute values to begin with defective > > combining character sequences. > > What am I supposed do when I need a black a with a red macron? Or for a > less obscure example, an Arabic text with the letters correctly ligated, > in black, and the vowel marks in another colour, such as in practically > *any* printed edition of the Koran? > > Philipp
