Support for natural language accents to `styling::to_style`

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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
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Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
internationalization

Research direction

Start at the styling::to_style entry point and read how precomposed characters are currently handled before styles are applied. Use the linked UTR #25, Section 6.5 guidance to determine the expected decomposition order; the work is done when accented characters are decomposed before styling and the behavior is covered by the project’s relevant tests.

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Description

Precomposed accented characters such as "é" should first be decomposed, and only then styled.

My interpretation of UTR #25, Section 6.5 Accented Characters, and especially the sentence below, is that we should first decompose any precomposed character, and only then apply the styles.

to achieve consistent results, a mathematical display system should transiently decompose any precomposed upright letters when used in mathematical expressions, and should use a single algorithm to place embellishments.

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