ISSUES WITH ARABIC FONT - 1 LETTER

IBM / plex

The package of IBM’s typeface, IBM Plex.

SIL Open Font License 1.1

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Closed farahelmasri closed 5 months ago

farahelmasri commented 6 months ago

hello,

the arabic letter K needs to be adjusted to follow the same curve as L in red.

otherwise it looks like its a broken letter or the end of it is cut

Kaf

can you please fix this?

BoldMonday commented 5 months ago

I'm not able to replicate this.

Can you post the Arabic text as selectable text? That way it will be easy to copy and paste.

farahelmasri commented 5 months ago

ل ك

can you let me know if this works?

BoldMonday commented 5 months ago

Yes, I can see it now.

However, I the same difference can be observed in multiple other commercially available typefaces:

Therefore I conclude that this has been a deliberate stylistic choice by the designers of Plex Sans Arabic.

farahelmasri commented 5 months ago

would you be able to recommend other fonts that dont have this stylistic choice?

BoldMonday commented 5 months ago

That is beyond my expertise I’m afraid.