Adding insular script like it's 1626

Adding insular script like it's 1626(djmurphy.net)

91 points by sollewitt 133 days ago | 6 comments

lelandfe 132 days ago |

Extremely cool and niche and what appears to be the blog's inaugural post: https://www.djmurphy.net/blog/

Added to the feed.

> It turns out the <ruby> element does not have defined screenreader behavior yet

"Yet" made me chuckle. It's coming soon!

lelandfe 131 days ago | |

Also: spot the skyline :)

dado3212 132 days ago |

Love this and was my first introduction to the <ruby> HTML element (this feels like a great expanded use case). Also couldn't agree more re: your point on the resurrection of "old internet" blogs, it's a trend I'm very much enjoying.

rhdunn 132 days ago | |

Ruby is used extensively for Japanese (hiragana) and Chinese (bopomofo) -- you can see it on wiktionary, e.g. in the definition of manga [1]. The Rules for Simple Placement of Japanese Ruby spec [2] provides various examples of ruby formatting and layout.

[1] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/manga#English [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/simple-ruby/

thatfunkymunki 132 days ago |

really enjoyed reading this and learning about <ruby>.

Y_Y 132 days ago |

Maiṫ ṫú, tá ſé ſeo an-ṁaiṫ ⁊ tacaím go hiomlán le hiarrachtaí den ſórt ſeo.

I'm somewhat disappointed that I couldn't find a unicode character corresponding to the "long r". Anyway this is peak typography and delighted to see efforts to put proper clóscríobh on the web. Pairs nicely with an ogham terminal.

edit: I just hadn't been looking hard enough, in Latin Extended-D there is indeed a "small letter insular r": ꞃ