Writing Conventions
Notations used to describe the writing conventions with which the text is written as a sequence of signs.
All of the following notations share the same delimiter that generally indicates metadata notations, the dollar sign $, and can therefore be grouped within the delimiters separated by semicolons ;.
Delimiters
| Side | Sign | Name | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left | $ | Dollar Sign | U+0024 |
| Right | $ | Dollar Sign | U+0024 |
$abc$ ↓ Formatter optimisation for human legibility ↓ $abc$ |
|---|
| Side | Sign | Name | Unicode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Left | $ | Dollar Sign | U+0024 |
| Right | $ | Dollar Sign | U+0024 |
| Construct | Definition | General Reference |
|---|---|---|
direction (LineFlow) | The direction of writing. | 🔎 direction (LineFlow) |
language (LangCode) | The language of the text or part of it. | 🔎 language (LangCode) |
writing_system (WsCode) | The writing system of the text or part of it. | 🔎 writing_system (WsCode) |
unit_separator (UnitSeparator) | The spatial or graphic element, if present, that separates text units. | 🔎 unit_separator (UnitSeparator) |
text_unit (TextUnit) | The type of textual unit separated by a spatial or graphic separator. | 🔎 text_unit (TextUnit) |