Re: A last missing link for interoperable representation

[James Kass via Unicode]

Julian Bradfield wrote,

> Oh, and what about dropped initials? They have been used in both
> manuscripts and typography for many centuries - surely we must encode
> them?

Naa-aah, we just hack the full width presentation forms for that.

Ｄrop Ｃaps in Ｐlain Ｔext

(Whether they actually drop depends on the font, though.)