Re: [css3-fonts] subscript/superscript variants

For the determinists, it's probably time to grab a style guide :)

Ben

On 10 May 2012, at 10:25, Sylvain Galineau wrote:

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> [John Hudson:]
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>> On 09/05/12 3:11 PM, Christopher Slye wrote:
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>>> John, to what misunderstanding are you referring? It looks to me =
like
>>> ordinal =E9 turns up in the real world often enough. -Christopher
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>> [Note typo in my original message: it should be =E8 not =E9]
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>> Ordinal =E8 shows up when people write premi=E8re as 1=E8re, but that =
is an
>> error, and the correct ordinal abbreviation of premi=E8re is 1re.
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>> The standard French ordinal is e -- e.g. 2e, 3e. 4e, etc. -- except =
for
>> the singular in which one needs to distinguish masculine premier and
>> feminine premi=E8re, which are respectively 1er and 1re.
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> If by standard you mean 'what people *should* do', sure. In practice
> the use of =E8 remains common e.g. run a web search for "2=E8me".
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