[tdwg-content] canonical name for named hybrid &infragenericnames [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

Bob Morris morris.bob at gmail.com
Mon Dec 13 18:44:50 CET 2010


Oooh! I propose the invisible space 0x00  :-)

Bob


On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:14 AM,  <dipteryx at freeler.nl> wrote:
> Van: Gregor Hagedorn [mailto:g.m.hagedorn at gmail.com]
> Verzonden: ma 13-12-2010 16:57
>
>>>  "H.3A.1.  The multiplication sign ×, indicating the hybrid nature
>>>  of a taxon, should be placed so as to express that it belongs
>>>  with the name or epithet but is not actually part of it. [...]
>>>  should depend on what best serves readability."
>
>> My reading of this would be that a non-breaking space, possibly
>> narrower, would satisfy both this statement and correct
>> typographic typesetting (which does not endorse "M. ×piperita"
>> -- the multiplication sign is designed to be used with spacing).
>
> ***
> Actually, it endorses anything, a full space, a half space, no space,
> or whatever (with sophisticated typography, kerning, anything is
> possible), as long as it is clear that the multiplication sign is
> not part of the name. A character that is read by a machine as a
> space, but by the eye as a not-space is perfectly OK.
>
> I never heard of any natural or higher law that requires a
> multiplication sign to be used with spacing. Here it is just a typographic
> character that can be used any which way, just like
> most any other typographic character. The ICBN uses it without
> a space, a perfectly acceptable style.
>
> Paul
>
>
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