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Emphasis dots should be centre-aligned with the text after the letter spacing is increased — FIXED !

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doc:clreq gap i:emphasis l:zh p:advanced s:hani x:clreq x:jpan
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Description

This issue applies to Chinese and Japanese.

Emphasis dots should be centre-aligned with the text after the letter spacing is increased.

Example in Chinese:

emphasis
The GAP

The dots are centre-aligned with the characters in Gecko and WebKit, but not in Blink.

CSS Text Decoration Module Level 4 doesn't refer to this.

Priority

Given that increased inter-character spacing and emphasis dots appearing at the same time is not common, this was prioritised as an advanced issue.

Tests

Interactive test Emphasis dots should be centre-aligned with the text after the letter spacing is increased

Action taken

Blink

Outcomes

All major browser engines now centre-align the emphasis dots!

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the interactive test in w3c/character_phrase_tests issue #53 and compare emphasis-dot alignment with increased letter spacing; consult Chromium issue 1281289 for the browser-side history. The reported outcome is that all major engines now centre-align the dots, so verify that status before considering any work.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
css, html
Domain
internationalization, web-dev
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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