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The package of IBM’s typeface, IBM Plex.
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Improve arbic number #531

Closed navid-ahrary closed 9 months ago

navid-ahrary commented 10 months ago

Hi The arabic numbers are unclear, specifically when some zeros place together

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BoldMonday commented 9 months ago

Thank you for your feedback. But it needs more context.

What do you expect instead? Are there examples of other typefaces that are better in your opinion? Please elaborate and consider that your explanation will be read by non-native readers too.

navid-ahrary commented 9 months ago

Sorry for confusing.

The previous screenshot was zoom-in. But in real world situation like below screenshot, the readability is going to be harder. image

Now look at this number. This font is "IRANSans". image Eyes could easily distinguish between zeros.

BoldMonday commented 9 months ago

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a circled form for zero in Persian numbers:

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We need to check with a native designer in order to establish whether this is an issue or not.

navid-ahrary commented 9 months ago

Thank you.

mjabbink commented 9 months ago

Additionally, an open circle design for a 0 is only a design/stylistic choice. For IBM Arabic the design team had done a quick study on the diamond shape of dots and we settled on the round cornered squares (squircles) as an expression of the man/machine (natural.engineered) concept so vital to IBM Plex. You’ll note all the dots are this same shape throughout Plex Arabic.