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bug #17912: poor kerning in Cyrillic oblique FreeSerif

Submitted by:  Helge Hielscher <testerus>
Submitted on:  Wed 04 Oct 2006 08:22:25 PM UTC  
 
Category: character rangeSeverity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: letter positioning poorStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Steve White <Stevan_White>
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 2006-01-26

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Fri 12 Sep 2008 08:24:26 AM UTC, comment #3:

In release 20080912

Steve White <Stevan_White>
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Mon 31 Mar 2008 07:12:41 AM UTC, comment #2:

In CVS: re-spaced the italic serif faces. To my eye it is much improved.

Note: Concerning the small italic de: in other fonts, it is rendered like a "partial derivative" delta, so that its stem curves back left above the bowl, providing room for the high serifs on lower-case letters that follow it (e.g. y).

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Sat 29 Mar 2008 01:22:13 PM UTC, comment #1:

There are several issues here.

First, I no longer consider this a kerning issue. Kerning is the act of moving one character into the space properly occupied by another, and is considered an extreme and delicate act, not to be done often. The problem here is, the italic versions are horribly spaced horizontally. It is chaos.

A fix, by hand, is now in CVS.

But it can only go so far. The font design is flawed.
The long tails on el and em are cute, but result in visual gaps in words that no kerning can really fix. Also, something is wrong with the slope of de. It seems more sloped than the overall font.

Will be in next release.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Wed 04 Oct 2006 08:22:25 PM UTC, original submission:

The oblique shape of FreeSerif looks very bad if used with cyrillic. Especially in combinations like "ол" there is too much space between the "о" and the "л".

Helge Hielscher <testerus>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Fri 12 Sep 2008 08:24:26 AM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusFix posted=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Mon 31 Mar 2008 07:12:41 AM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusProceeding=>Fix posted
    Sat 29 Mar 2008 01:22:13 PM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusConfirmed=>Proceeding
      Carbon-Copy-=>Added helge hielscher
    Thu 14 Feb 2008 11:53:14 PM UTCStevan_WhiteSummarypoor kerning in cyrillic oblique FreeSerif=>poor kerning in Cyrillic oblique FreeSerif
    Mon 04 Feb 2008 11:00:35 PM UTCStevan_WhiteCategoryNone=>character range
      Item GroupNone=>letter positioning poor
    Thu 31 Jan 2008 08:48:16 AM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusNone=>Confirmed
      Assigned toNone=>Stevan_White
      ReleaseNone=>2006-01-26

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