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How is emphasis expressed in N’Ko? #25

Open r12a opened 1 year ago

r12a commented 1 year ago

Are bold and italic font styles used to convey emphasis in N’Ko, or are other approaches used? Is emphasis expressed by the language, rather than by decorating the text (eg. 'c'est moi qui l'ai fait' in French conveys the emphasis without need to italicise the 'moi')?

zenodotus commented 1 year ago

Andrij Rovenchak wrote saying it seems he's "seen italics (slanted backwards) but I cannot claim it 100%."

I've seen bold style used, but mainly in the context of headings.

DD-fwd commented 1 year ago

Both are used. Bold style is very well used.

r12a commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the information.

@zenodotus the italic is indeed slanted in the direction of reading – see https://r12a.github.io/scripts/nkoo/nqo.html#fontstyle

I'll add a paragraph then under the Emphasis section title saying that emphasis is primarily expressed by use of bold and italic styling. Ok?

NeilSureshPatel commented 1 year ago

I have seen the same thing as @DD-fwd. Both styles get used, sometimes even at the same time. However, bold is more common. It may partially be an artifact that there are fewer fonts with an italic compliment.