Are alphabetic counter styles common in Tamil content?

[r12a]

The Tamil Murasu newspaper, used an alphabetic list numbering style, beginning with the independent vowel signs. The list was not long enough to know whether the counters continued into the consonant range of the alphabet.

See w3c/type-samples#75

Is this a common counter style for Tamil content? (If so, it would be good to describe it well enough to add it to our list of ready-made styles).

[r12a]

@murasu any opinion on this?

[murasu]

This is not a very common counter style for Tamil, but the practice does exist. It is usually seen in lists that are small. I have not seen one that continues to the consonant range.

[r12a]

Thanks, @murasu. I alluded to it at https://w3c.github.io/iip/gap-analysis/taml-gap.html#first_letter_selection.

If anyone has any further information on this style, please let me know.