- From: Paul Nelson (ATC) <paulnel@winse.microsoft.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 00:02:29 -0800
- To: "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi>, <www-html@w3.org>
The problem with using Hebrew letters in the example is that most people will not realize what is "logical" order and what is visual order. At least with Latin characters they can know that the word is SDRAWKCAB. 8-) Paul -----Original Message----- From: www-html-request@w3.org [mailto:www-html-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Jukka K. Korpela Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 1:42 PM To: www-html@w3.org Subject: RE: 'dir' attribute on BIDI inline elements and actual browsers On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Paul Nelson (ATC) wrote: > Because the Hebrew is a RTL script, the addition of the span does > nothing to change the layout. Technically, it's the formal directionality properties of _characters_ that matter here, by standards and specifications. They in turn have been defined to reflect the nature of scripts, of course. By the way, I find the examples in the HTML 4.01 specification confusing, since it uses strings like HEBREW2 (consisting of Latin letters) instead of actual Hebrew characters. In the presentation of the intended correct rendering, the strings are spelled backwards, creating the impression of GNIREDNER GNORW. Using a few easy Hebrew characters, explained in the text, would be more suitable. -- Jukka "Yucca" Korpela, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
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