Re: Shaping characters in upright orientation in vertical text flow
But would not a LamAlef ligature be considered
a single "user-perceived character"?
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From:
John Cowan <cowan@...>
To:
"'WWW International'"
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Date:
18/01/2012 07:59
Subject:
Re: Shaping
characters in upright orientation in vertical text flow
Sent by:
John Cowan <cowan@...>
fantasai scripsit:
> "grapheme cluster" is a technical term meant to encompass,
roughly-speaking,
> a "user-perceived character" (to quote UAX29). While Arabic
letters may
> cursively join, a joined sequence is most definitely not considered
a single
> "user-perceived character".
Fair enough.
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