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An Inventory of Layout Topics for Languages Utilizing Ethiopic Script

This wiki attempts to capture topics relevant to the layout, formatting, and typography of languages that employ Ethiopic script in their written form. The aim is to build an inventory of topics in the broadest sense, as a knowledge dump "catch all" of related topics, rules and issues. The wiki may then be utilized as a basis for a comprehensive Ethiopic Layout & Typography Guide as well as provide a knowledge base from which specifications data can be harvested to address standards definition at the W3C.

The language applicability of any assertion should always be stated and grounding references given when known.

• Overview of Layout Styles
• Modern
• Classic
• Paragraph Formatting Rules
• Rules of Ethiopic Line Breaking
• Rules of Paragraph Indentation
• Punctuation Rules
• Ethiopic Abbreviation Styles
• Ethiopic Comma Usage
• Symbol Preference for Parenthetical Expressions
• Symbol Preference for Quotation
• [Ethiopic Stylization of non-Ethiopic Symbols](Ethiopic Stylization-of-non-Ethiopic-Symbols)
• Space Separator Following Punctuation
• [List Formatting Rules](List-Formatting Rules)
• Ordinal Notation
• End of List Boundary
• List Item Markers
• Text Styles
• Ethiopic Emphasis
• Formatting with Ethiopic Wordspace (ሁለት፡ነጥብ)
• Ethiopic Justification Styles