Glyph of छ in consonant clusters in Sanskrit font

[sridatta1]

The ligature involving ch as in च्छ्ल, छ्व the vertical stem is removed and upper portion of the conjunct is touching the headstroke

I haven't seen similar design in other fonts

Design in Sanskrit2003 font

Some fonts also remove the stems in छ्य or use it as half forms ( as in Noto fonts) which also looks incorrect to me, I haven't seen them in any printed texts or Sanskrit2003 font From https://archive.org/details/SanskritAlphabetsPrimerVenkataramaSastriS/page/n15/mode/1up?view=theater, this book also has useful examples for Sanskrit Conjuncts

[tiroj]

This is by design. I think it is something that can be traced back to Linotype Devanagari, and hence perhaps to some older foundry types? My approach in the Tiro font is that the form without the connecting stem becomes the half-form; te vertically compressed form that merges into the headstroke is used when there is a subscript form (thinking about that in the context of Linotype Devanagari, perhaps that design originated in newspaper use?).

[sridatta1]

Would be interesting to the origin in older type foundries or if any other fonts have this design. On this query, checked in Nirnaya Sagar press books, didn't see this form. So perhaps traced to other type foundries

[tiroj]

Considering changing this in Sanskrit font—and possibly in Marathi—but retaining in Hindi font. Reasoning is that the Hindi generally favours more vertically compressed or horizontal forms.

[sridatta1]

I checked in the new Linotype Devanagari font here https://www.myfonts.com/collections/linotype-devanagari-font-monotype-imaging The vertically compressed forms with the line removed for छ्व च्छ्व are not found Don't know about the original designs for this typeface

[tiroj]

New forms for the Sanskrit and Marathi fonts, to be implemented in next update.

[tiroj]

Now testable with v160beta.yml build path.

[sridatta1]

Will the current glyph of छ्य ( and the clusters ending with it) be retained in the Sanskrit font?

[tiroj]

Yes. I think the form of छ disconnected from the headline reads more readily as a half-form.