Open alolita opened 5 years ago
So how does one indicate emphasis in Devanagari text? Is it purely linguistic, or are other devices used?
Bold is used. Italics, underline and other such features aren't.
I'm not 100% sure we should discourage the use of Italics for Indic text. At least for Gurmukhi, I've found two samples from pre-1980s that show some semblance of slanted / cursive-style text used for emphasis or added style.
This is from Giani Gurdit Singh's Mera Pind. The first line of every chapter is a couplet in what looks to be synthetically-slanted Gurmukhi (I don't think typesetting software existed for Gurmukhi at the time this was published)
This is a sign board from a village in Punjab with two interesting Italic-style designs used for emphasis.
These samples are from 40+ years ago. Language is constantly changing and evolving, so it's reasonable that cursive / slanted Gurmukhi is accepted as a form of emphasis today. I think the slanted hand-lettering style should be preferred to the synthetically slanted style, but unfortunately I have yet to find a Gurmukhi font in this style.
https://w3c.github.io/iip/gap-analysis/deva-gap.html#emphasis
Add usage examples based on Latin script styles provided by DTP software applied to Devanagari text.
Issue: Bold and Italics are not allowed in Devanagari based languages. Add tests to support correct behavior.