[mb-style] Re: [Clean up CSG] Typography (was: Capitalization (and placement))

[David K. Gasaway]

Brian Schweitzer wrote:
> (and actually, if there were demand, it wouldn't be all that hard to
> make a "CSG-de-typographicaphier" plugin, to do it without even having
> to handle tagger script.)

That's a great idea and all, but will it be the default?  Or will we be bombarded with complaints and questions from masses of users that couldn't care less?

> A cell phone may not have support for Hangul characters -
> but is that a reason we ought to not be entering Korean releases?  

You seem to keep making this same argument.  Yes, we enter Korean releases in Hangul, because _we need to_. anyone that cares about these releases is going to understand why they are entered this way, and is probably going to have the software and hardware to support the script properly.  This has nothing to do with typographically correct punctuation.

> As for the data entry side, first the task would be to create the
> master lists.  

So master lists can only be in "typhographically correct" form?  Bummer.  Expect less help with that than would be available otherwise.

> It's much easier if they can copy and paste, and learn correct CSG
> style by example, rather than by right from the start making them do
> the full creation work to make a correct CSG title.

If I understand the concept correctly, for a release where some works have a master list but the others do not, we're likely to get a mix of "correct" and "incorrect" tracks.

Explain again what value this typography brings to the table.  Typography, by definition, is a set of rules to improve layout and readability of type _in print_.  How does it apply to track titles in a database?

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