I'm talking about the #calt combinations that invoke the arrows. Naturally, -> or <- lends itself to right/left but what about up and down or diagonal? What about using phrases plus a special char, something like §upleft?
Whatever you chose, don’t make it on by default. -> are two characters; a hyphen-minus and greater than not an arrow, and should remain like that unless the user explicitly asks for something different.
Even fractions for things like 1/4 should not be on by default. Depending on context, this can very will be first of April not one fourth or even something else. Fractions should be activated by default only when fraction slash is used, e.g. 1⁄4 (this is 1, fraction slash, 4).
I like @Connor Davenport's approach in Garnett. As other's have suggested, I wouldn't set them as contextual alternates because they tend to be turned on by default. Using a stylistic set is perhaps more appropriate. This is what Connor used:
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OpenType features can be useful for fractions like 1/4 changing to ¼ etc.
I like @Connor Davenport's approach in Garnett. As other's have suggested, I wouldn't set them as contextual alternates because they tend to be turned on by default. Using a stylistic set is perhaps more appropriate. This is what Connor used:
<- : Left Arrow
-> : Right Arrow
<| : Upward Arrow
|> : Downward Arrow
^\ : North West Arrow
/^ : North East Arrow
\> : South East Arrow
</ : South West Arrow
<-> : Left Right Arrow