bugFree UCS Outline Fonts - Bugs: bug #49062, Varika is not combining

 
 

bug #49062: Varika is not combining

Submitted by:  David Corbett <dscorbett>
Submitted on:  Sun 11 Sep 2016 07:56:55 PM UTC  
 
Category: individual character(s)Severity: 3 - Normal
Item Group: letter positioning poorStatus: Fix posted
Privacy: PublicAssigned to: Steve White <Stevan_White>
Open/Closed: OpenRelease: development

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Tue 13 Sep 2016 02:43:20 PM UTC, comment #5:

The varika is the glyph variant of the rafe used in Rashi script, a Hebrew font style historically used for Judeo-Spanish (a.k.a. Ladino or Judezmo). Its properties are the same as those of the rafe, except that whereas the rafe looks like a macron, the varika looks like a breve or a háček. They are both centered above letters.

Judeo-Spanish does not use vowel points or other combining characters.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/35197356/A_guide_to_reading___writing_Judezmo.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ56TQJRTWSMTNPEA&Expires=1473775668&Signature=EKpQcBkT9ummzK6vfDz%2BQCOyJrc%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DA_Guide_to_Reading_and_Writing_Judezmo.pdf is useful, especially the reading selections on page 16 ff. For example, some words with varika from the third reading selection are “איזﬞיקוס” and “בﬞוס”.

The varika typically appears in ⟨בﬞ⟩, ⟨גﬞ⟩, ⟨דﬞ⟩, ⟨זﬞ⟩, ⟨פﬞ⟩, and ⟨שﬞ⟩. Neither FreeSans nor FreeSerif places the varika correctly. I didn’t notice the problem in FreeSerif yesterday because it is subtler, but it is clearly off-center on the thin letters gimel and zayin.

David Corbett <dscorbett>
Tue 13 Sep 2016 06:42:49 AM UTC, comment #4:

And I don't understand the relation of this mark to other marks, such as vowel points. Can both be present on one letter?

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Tue 13 Sep 2016 06:41:44 AM UTC, comment #3:

No attempt has been made to center this mark.

I have no idea what this mark does. When I first worked on it, there was very little information to be found, and I haven't had the time lately.

It would be really helpful if you could provide Unicode taxt, and, ideally, and image of printed text (modern fonts are of less value than traditionally printed text).

Thanks!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Mon 12 Sep 2016 06:14:48 PM UTC, comment #2:

The new FreeSans varika is off-center: compare ⟨פﬞ⟩ to ⟨פֿ⟩.

David Corbett <dscorbett>
Mon 12 Sep 2016 04:27:17 PM UTC, comment #1:

The characcter is now non-spacing.
Thanks, David!

Steve White <Stevan_White>
Project AdministratorIn charge of this item.
Sun 11 Sep 2016 07:56:55 PM UTC, original submission:

In FreeMono and FreeSans, U+FB1E HEBREW POINT JUDEO-SPANISH VARIKA is spacing.

David Corbett <dscorbett>

 

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    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Tue 13 Sep 2016 07:34:53 PM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusProceeding=>Fix posted
    Tue 13 Sep 2016 06:41:44 AM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusFix posted=>Proceeding
    Mon 12 Sep 2016 04:27:17 PM UTCStevan_WhiteStatusNone=>Fix posted
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