Re: A Gemini-style proposal

Davin beat me to it.

The idea of 'well lets just use the bold unicode' is... an anti feature 
for anyone needing anything adaptive, and goes counter to offloading 
presentation elements onto the client.

On 11/3/21 8:10 AM, Devin Prater wrote:
> Sure, if you want screen reader users to have to hear "lattin bold 
capital letter a lattin bold letter d latin bold letter o latin bold 
letter n latin bold letter a latin bold letter l latin bold letter s latin 
bold letter i latin bold letter u latin bold letter m." I mean I knew this 
would start happening because people don't like constraints on expression 
of text. And now I guess it starts.
> Devin Prater
> r.d.t.prater@gmail.com <mailto:r.d.t.prater@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 12:58 AM Charles Iliya Krempeaux 
<cikrempeaux@gmail.com <mailto:cikrempeaux@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
>     If you think of “highlight” as bolding, then —
> 
>     At least for the alphabet we commonly associate with English,
>     Unicode has bold versions of those characters:
> 
>     𝐀 𝐁 𝐂 𝐃 𝐄 𝐅 𝐆 𝐇 𝐈 𝐉 𝐊 𝐋 𝐌 𝐍 𝐎 𝐏 𝐐 𝐑 𝐒 𝐓 𝐔 𝐕
>     𝐖 𝐗 𝐘 𝐙
>     𝐚 𝐛 𝐜 𝐝 𝐞 𝐟 𝐠 𝐡 𝐢 𝐣 𝐤 𝐥 𝐦 𝐧 𝐨 𝐩 𝐪 𝐫 𝐬 𝐭 𝐮 𝐯
>     𝐰 𝐱 𝐲 𝐳
>     𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟔 𝟕 𝟖 𝟗
> 
>     𝗔 𝗕 𝗖 𝗗 𝗘 𝗙 𝗚 𝗛 𝗜 𝗝 𝗞 𝗟 𝗠 𝗡 𝗢 𝗣 𝗤 𝗥 𝗦 𝗧 𝗨 𝗩
>     𝗪 𝗫 𝗬 𝗭
>     𝗮 𝗯 𝗰 𝗱 𝗲 𝗳 𝗴 𝗵 𝗶 𝗷 𝗸 𝗹 𝗺 𝗻 𝗼 𝗽 𝗾 𝗿 𝘀 𝘁 𝘂 𝘃
>     𝘄 𝘅 𝘆 𝘇
>     𝟬 𝟭 𝟮 𝟯 𝟰 𝟱 𝟲 𝟳 𝟴 𝟵
> 
>     If you are writing English, you could use those characters.
> 
>     --
>     Charles Iliya Krempeaux, B.Sc.
>     cikrempeaux@gmail.com <mailto:cikrempeaux@gmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
>     On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 4:04 AM Roberto Soccoli
>     <roberto.vpt@protonmail.com <mailto:roberto.vpt@protonmail.com>>
>     wrote:
> 
>         Gemini now expects the "* " tag for lists.
>         I propose a single "**" tag, which I call "highlighted", which
>         can be used several times in each paragraph of text as a
>         switch that was initially turned off.
>         Each client can interpret "highlighted" at will.
>         Now I throw this message into space. 🚀
> 
>         Roberto Soccoli
>         Telegram me: @Roberto_Soccoli
> 
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