When performing ruby layout in Japanese,
the following factors need to be considered
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The Difficulties of Ruby Processing
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Matters considered by the placement rules
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Considerations for simple placement rules
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Here are the fundamental assumptions underlying the simple placement rules.
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Here are the fundamental assumptions underlying the simple placement rules. In this document we refer to the ruby
+annotation and its base text, collectively, as the ruby-block.
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Ruby is used to display the reading or the meaning of the base characters.
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Ruby is used to display the reading or the meaning of the base characters.
Therefore, the number one priority here is to avoid misreadings.
Specifically, this method does not allow a ruby annotation which is wider than its base text to overhang the characters preceding or
- following, whether they are kanji or kana characters.
+ following the ruby-block, whether they are kanji or kana characters.