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Definitions of terms used in W3C Internationalization documents.
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Define planes and blocks #72

Closed xfq closed 3 months ago

xfq commented 4 months ago

Fix #59.

One question: should we export 'block'? It is also a CSS term: https://drafts.csswg.org/css-display-4/#block

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xfq commented 4 months ago

I think we need to define this as, perhaps, Unicode Code Block, because we use the term 'block' in things like styling (and now in discussions about directionality) to refer to something quite different.

I don't think the term 'Unicode Code Block' is commonly used. 'Block' is usually used directly. We can consider define it as 'Block (Unicode)' this so that reader can find this entry more easily when they click the alphabetical link 'B'.

You may also want to add that characters for a given script often come from multiple blocks.

Thanks for the hint, @r12a. Will add it.

aphillips commented 4 months ago

Note that characters for a given script often come from multiple blocks.

I think maybe this might be improved? Perhaps:

Note that a given script might be split across multiple blocks.

Or maybe:

Note that a given script might be assigned multiple different blocks.