On 2019-01-12 4:26 PM, wjgo_10...@btinternet.com wrote:
I have now made, tested and published a font, VS14 Maquette, that uses
VS14 to indicate italic.
https://forum.high-logic.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=7831&p=37561#p37561
The italics don't happen in Notepad, but VS14 Maquette works spendidly
in LibreOffice! (Windows 7) (In a *.TXT file)
Since the VS characters are supposed to be used with officially
registered/recognized sequences, it's possible that Notepad isn't trying
to implement the feature.
The official reception of the notion of using variant letter forms, such
as italics, in plain-text is typically frosty. So advancement of
plain-text might be left up to third-party developers, enthusiasts, and
the actual text users. And there's nothing wrong with that. (It's
non-conformant, though, unless the VS material is officially
recognized/registered.)
Non-Latin scripts, such as Khmer, may have their own traditions and
conventions WRT special letter forms. Which is why starting at VS14 and
working backwards might be inadequate in the long run.
Khmer has letter forms called muul/moul/muol (not sure how to spell that
one, but neither is anybody else). It superficially resembles fraktur
for Khmer. Other non-Latin scripts may have a plethora of such
forms/fonts/styles.
