Re: Encoding italic (was: A last missing link)

[Asmus Freytag via Unicode]

On 1/20/2019 2:55 PM, James Kass via Unicode wrote: On 2019-01-20 10:49 PM, Garth Wallace wrote: I think the real solution is for Twitter to just implement basic styling and make this a moot point. At which time it would only become a moot point for Twitter users.  There's also Facebook and other on-line groups.  Plus scholars and linguists.  And interoperability. Interoperability exists when multiple parties support the same standard. The fallacy is the assumption that because Unicode is so widely supported, it is the best standard to codify such interoperability. It overlooks the fact that each new feature (for it to work as intended, not just as fallback) needs to be supported by everyone. For the use case (enable styling for "chat" or messenging services and relatives) a standard that defines how to handle a subset of basic styling among "consenting" platforms is the obvious answer. The starting set for such styling should be "character" styles that are applicable inside a "paragraph". A./