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Requiring control over different font size, baseline shift, and line height for different scripts

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Description

Topic Font and Typographical considerations already mentions “font size considerations for mixed-script text,” i.e., being able to select different font sizes for different scripts when mixing them.

My suggestion is that font size is not the only property that need that level of control for different scripts: other text-related properties like baseline shift, line height, and letterspace require different values for mixed scripts too.

This issue also needs more thought about how we want to say these different properties should be applied: per script or per font?

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Research direction

Start with the “Font and Typographical considerations” topic referenced in the issue and review its existing treatment of mixed-script font sizes. Clarify whether font size, baseline shift, line height, and letter spacing should be specified per script or per font; done means the requirements and recommended wording are agreed.

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Assessment

Domain
design, documentation, internationalization
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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