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bug #23577: Serif: rarer Greek letters design

Submitted by:  Steve White <Stevan_White>
Submitted on:  Sat 14 Jun 2008 10:48:19 AM UTC  
 
Category: individual character(s)Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: glyph(s) uglyStatus: Fixed
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Steve White <Stevan_White>
Open/Closed: ClosedRelease: 2006-01-26

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Thu 01 Dec 2011 01:02:06 PM UTC, comment #1:

This regards a few rarer or ancient Greek letters in Serif.

Some of the letters may have changed since the report was made.

stigma:
Not sure what you mean.
The shapes do vary slightly among the different weights,
but that could be viewed as a stylistic necessity in
making the letters bolder.

digamma:
There is more than one style for this letter.
In one style, the lowercase letter resembles an italic
uppercase latin F, with the uppercase being larger and
squarer.
I think the current design does fit the rest of the
range.

koppa:
The letters now all seem similar.

sampi:
The letters now all seem similar.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Sat 14 Jun 2008 10:48:19 AM UTC, original submission:

This is from Jacob Poon's report of 2007-10,
https://savannah.gnu.org/support/?106274
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Greek letters stigma (U+3DA-3DB) in bold fonts look different from non-bold versions. The bug does not exist in other font families. They should look more like the non-bold glyphs.

Greek small letter digamma (U+3DD) in all font variants looks more like a cursive Latin capital F than digamma, which do not fit the designs in the rest of the respective fonts. It should look more like a Roman glyph, but without serif at the bottom.

Greek letter koppa (U+3DE) in BoldItalic font look different from Medium versions. The bug does not exist in other font families. Both glyphs should look more like the revered Latin capital letter N with hooks at stroke terminators.

Greek letter sampi (U+3E0) in Medium font is different from glyphs in other variants. The bug does not exist in other font families. It should look more like small sampi.

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.

 

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      SummarySerif: Greek letters design=>Serif: rarer Greek letters design
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