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Ekthesis (in uncial font)


Outis

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Hello,

 

Request 1: I'm requesting that the Sylvanus font be modified so that the capital letters are bigger  (And here, when I say "capital" I mean the first letter in a line, starting a new paragraphos.  Yes, indeed, as Majuscules, they are all capitals).  When I read the plates of the uncials (Alexandrinus, Sinaiticus, etc), the size of the capital letters in ekthesis is 2x, sometimes 6x the size of the rest of the line. So, in the original photos, finding the new paragraphs is not difficult.  But finding the corresponding line/paragraph in the tagged text is challenging sometimes.  This, I don't think would take just too much effort.  But it does lead me to...

 

Request 2:  Would there be a way to make the big letter at the front a true ekthesis? I.e... After we make that first letter big, can we have it jut out to the left of the left margin so that that rest of the text is not disrupted?  I have no idea what this would require from a programming point of view.  But it would be a welcome change.

 

 

Request 3:  While we're making the text presentable, my final request is that, where there are paragraphs that start in the middle of lines, could we add a sort of "tab" spacing to denote that?  That's typically how they are handled in the uncials (but not always perfectly). This last request is the least urgent.  But it too would help in finding not just where a paragraph is, but where also the paragraph starts. For now, having the proper stigme is enough.

 

I realize this is a lot of requests. But it would go a long way to not just making the tagged uncial texts functional, but also pretty and more presentable.  But, I'm hoping that the first request could be taken care of fairly soon, since it doesn't seem like a massive undertaking.

 

Thanks!

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