Collision avoidance for Lithuanian letters

[KrasnayaPloshchad]

I think there are some necessaries to implement collision avoidance to certain Lithuanian letters as they can overlap each other, for example, in the word Sąjūdis, a-ogonek can overlap j a bit. So you need to implement either kerning or contextual alternates for fix.

[frankrolf]

In my opinion, the possibility for overlaps is one of the big advantages of digital type. In bolder weights, you will also find an overlap in the word Typography, for example. Any kerning to avoid the collision between ą and j would result in uneven spacing, which I find much worse than the occasional overlap.

[kenmcd]

@KrasnayaPloshchad Do you know of any fonts which have actually done this? I would like to see examples of how it was handled.

[frankrolf]

I know that Vesper by Mota Italic avoids collisions by employing contextual alternates.

[kenmcd]

I know that Vesper by Mota Italic avoids collisions by employing contextual alternates.

Thanks. I took a look at the version I have (v1.505). It does have calt for some characters like their example "Curvy." But the ąj in "Sąjūdis" is only affected by kerning. And you are right - the big gap looks bad.

[KrasnayaPloshchad]

Here is what I’ve seen, reproduced with LibreOffice Writer.

[kenmcd]

Here is what I’ve seen, reproduced with LibreOffice Writer.

What I mean is examples of fonts which have done something to avoid the collision. To see how they handled it. With just kerning? (Not a good solution.) Or did they make alternate glyphs and use calt, or something else? Do you have any working examples?