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| to create one of the two ligature zones in inkscape, do the following: | to create one of the two ligature zones in inkscape, do the following: | ||
| - | create a rectangle where the group should fit. Note that the whole group will be scaled to fit there, so draw it large enough. I usually draw these rectangles in red, but it's only a convention. | + | |
| - | open the contextual menu for the rectangle (right-click over the rectangle), and select object properties . You will get the object properties window ( Figure “Zone Properties” below.) Define the Id as either "zone1" or "zone2". Don't forget to click on the Define button to validate your modification. Also clear the label (more on this in the section called “Ligature zones gravity” ). | + | - create a rectangle where the group should fit. Note that the whole group will be scaled to fit there, so draw it large enough. I usually draw these rectangles in red, but it's only a convention. |
| + | - open the contextual menu for the rectangle (right-click over the rectangle), and select object properties . You will get the object properties window ( Figure “Zone Properties” below.) Define the Id as either "zone1" or "zone2". Don't forget to click on the Define button to validate your modification. Also clear the label (more on this in the section called “Ligature zones gravity” ). | ||
| Admitedly, we are using the id and label information in a way they are not supposed to be used. The reason for this is purely pragmatic. It's far easier to do things that way, as the sign creator has no need to know about the inner organization of the XML format. | Admitedly, we are using the id and label information in a way they are not supposed to be used. The reason for this is purely pragmatic. It's far easier to do things that way, as the sign creator has no need to know about the inner organization of the XML format. | ||
| - | Zone Properties | + | {{ http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/zoneProperties.png |Zone Properties}} |
| ===== Ligature zones gravity ===== | ===== Ligature zones gravity ===== | ||
| - | The ligatured group will go somewhere in the ligature zone. But where exactly ? It can stand in the middle of the area, or stick to one of its sides. In fact, the behaviour of the layout algorithm is not always the same. In , the "w" tends to fit on the bottom left of the rectangular area. In , the U36 sign is more or less centered, both horizontally and vertically. JSesh allows signs authors to design the behaviour of "ligature zones", in the following way. Remember the label of the previous paragraph? You can set it to | + | The ligatured group will go somewhere in the ligature zone. But where exactly ? It can stand in the middle of the area, or stick to one of its sides. In fact, the behaviour of the layout algorithm is not always the same. In {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/w_and_t.png}}, the "t" tends to fit on the bottom left of the rectangular area. In {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/Hm_kA.png}}, the U36 sign is more or less centered, both horizontally and vertically. JSesh allows signs authors to design the behaviour of "ligature zones", in the following way. Remember the label of the previous paragraph? You can set it to |
| - | gravity: gravity specifications. | + | |
| - | where gravity specifications can contain * s or e to ask the group to stick to the start side or to the end side of the zone (start and end are taken from M.-J. Nederhof's RES, and avoid the use of "left" and "right", which are not really usable for hieroglyphs!). If neither "s" nor "e" is specified, the group will be horizontally centered, like in . * t or b to ask the group to stick to the top or bottom of the zone. If neither "t" nor "b" is specified, the group will be vertically centered. | + | gravity: gravity specifications. |
| - | In Figure “Zone Properties”, gravity:te means that the group which would be ligatured in zone1 (in front of the "child" sign) would stick to the top of the red rectangle, and stay near the sign, for instance . | + | |
| + | where gravity specifications can contain | ||
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| + | *"s" or "e" to ask the group to stick to the start side or to the end side of the zone((start and end are taken from M.-J. Nederhof's RES, and avoid the use of "left" and "right", which are not really usable for hieroglyphs!)). If neither "s" nor "e" is specified, the group will be horizontally centered. | ||
| + | * "t" or "b" to ask the group to stick to the top or bottom of the zone. If neither "t" nor "b" is specified, the group will be vertically centered. | ||
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| + | “Zone Properties”, ''gravity:te'' means that the group which would be ligatured in zone1 (in front of the "child" sign) would stick to the top of the red rectangle, and stay near the sign, for instance {{http://jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org/files_jsesh/images/W_Xrd.png}}. | ||
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