Sukhumala • A Graceful Font for Body text
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Re: Sukhumala — A Graceful Font for Body text
Maybe you should consider using this as standard ligature
sub iacute j acutecomb -> iacute_j;
The text below would be shown as the correct ligature:
íj́
Then move this ligature
sub f i j -> f_i_j;
to either a specific Dutch language feature, or move it to the Discretionary Ligatures.
sub iacute j acutecomb -> iacute_j;
The text below would be shown as the correct ligature:
íj́
Then move this ligature
sub f i j -> f_i_j;
to either a specific Dutch language feature, or move it to the Discretionary Ligatures.
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Re: Sukhumala — A Graceful Font for Body text
However, that is much harder to type than íj.
Serif apps do not support locl features, so I cannot use that method.
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Re: Sukhumala — A Graceful Font for Body text
True.
Besides it is rarely used, so it is more hypothetical.
Next time I notice it, I'll let you know.
Besides it is rarely used, so it is more hypothetical.
Next time I notice it, I'll let you know.
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I have now moved fij -> fij to discretionary ligatures.
If only liga is enabled, fij will use the fi ligature; if dlig is also enabled it will not.
Version 2.22 is now available for download.
If only liga is enabled, fij will use the fi ligature; if dlig is also enabled it will not.
Version 2.22 is now available for download.
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Version 2.30 changed Contextual Ligatures for Velthuis encoding to a Stylistic Set, and changed a Stylistic Set to Character Variants. A Slashed Zero, two more glyphs for Irony Punctuation, super/subscripts for simple equations in fractions, e.g. (4+5)/9÷3), and Pagoda and Stupa Transport and Map Symbols were added. Kerning was made slightly less tight, and more kerning pairs were added.
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Version 2.31 adds some more kerning pairs and WOFF2 versions.
Re: Sukhumala — A Graceful Font for Body text
Great to know that . Now, we are experiencing the same problems for Spanish with the Pali and Acariya font facesBhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2017 10:46 amVersion 2.20 changed these to Discretionary Ligatures as they cause some problems for Spanish.
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I have them (I made my assignments this week ). The problem is not with the íj but the fij
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Re: Sukhumala • A Graceful Font for Body text
Sukhumala, Pali, and Acariya are all the same. They use a ligature for fi, but not for fij.
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Gotcha Thanks for your prompt response.Bhikkhu Pesala wrote: ↑Fri Nov 30, 2018 12:44 pm Sukhumala, Pali, and Acariya are all the same. They use a ligature for fi, but not for fij.
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June 2020 ver 2.40
This is still work in progress, but I attach it here in the hope of some feedback. I am sure there are some bugs that I still need to fix before it is ready for publication. I have made many changes since the last release in September 2018. Here is a short list of the most significant changes.
This is still work in progress, but I attach it here in the hope of some feedback. I am sure there are some bugs that I still need to fix before it is ready for publication. I have made many changes since the last release in September 2018. Here is a short list of the most significant changes.
- Used anchor-based composites and auto-attach wherever possible
- Added Pictographs for globemeridians, lightbulb, and clockfaces 1-12
- Added colour glyphs for globes
- Added colour glyphs for Transport and Map Symbols, rocket
- Added sample text to Font Properties
- Edited contours for Æ glyphs (among others)
- Adjusted kerning using glyph spacing factor of 27
- Renamed superior and inferior glyphs with *.sups *.subs extensions
- Added mappings to pcap, smcp, sups, and subs to work around a bug in Serif PagePlus.
- Add narrow combining accents for i, l, j, etc., and low profile accents for uppercase, small, and petite capitals.
- Included afrc, smcp, and clock faces in web fonts
- Added 14 supplemental arrows
- Improved Latin Extended-D AY and VY
- Added Roman Numerals to Historical Ligatures
- Generated autometrics for superscripts to improve spacing. Subscripts are composites of superscripts.
- Regenerated kerning pairs with Autokern: Some pairs will now be wrong, but they will be fixed later when all kerning pairs have been added. Typically, C- L” -T etc., are too tight.
- Fixed some more kerning pairs and reordered class @OldStyleFigures with 8 first to fix some more.
- Switched descriptions of Stylistic Sets SS01 and SS02
- Fixed validation errors with intersecting contours and suspicious points.
- Removed rarely used Roman Numerals from Web Font versions (not in the attachment)
- Fixed a couple of Latin Extended-D glyphs: AY and VY to extend them to WinDescent.
- Moved some accents down below WinAscent
- Recalculated Font Metrics
- Generated autometrics for superscripts
- Added AY_hlig class and kerning pairs
- Sorted classes
- Used classes for super/subscripts etc.
- Used composites for Greek glyphs (reduces file size)
- Checked hinting and trimmed kerning pairs smaller than 20 funits.
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This looks good. I will take a closer look tomorrow, but I will only focus on the technical part of font design.
I think you mixed the descriptive names of the stylistic sets.
I think you mixed the descriptive names of the stylistic sets.
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Thanks. Updated archive with the fix.
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I have published version 2.42 of Sukhumala, although it is still some way from being finished. If I don't do any more, at least people will have a usable font now. I am already using it for my latest publications.