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3, 22 March 2022

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0.1, 26 August 2021
0.2, 31 August 2021
0.3, 22 March 2022

Introduction

The Mongolian script is not widely supported in page layout applications, nor has the Unicode encoding of Mongolian been settled definitively (see Liang Hai, The Mongolian Script: What’s Going On?!). The following information and instructions must be considered provisional and incomplete until matters have settled more.

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  • Brill 11 pt ~ Mongolian Baiti 16 pt, lowered by 3 pt

  • Brill 10 pt ~ Mongolian Baiti 14 pt, lowered by 2½ pt

  • Brill 9 pt ~ Mongolian Baiti 13 pt, lowered by 2½ pt

How to render Mongolian in the Mongolian script?

During the present state of the Unicode Standard regarding the Mongolian script, fonts, and applications, all Mongolian text written in its native script should be rendered as an image, preferably a resolution-independent .svg picture.

XML language and script tags

(For future application, when Mongolian can be rendered reliably in its native script: 'mn-Mong'.)