be5invis / Iosevka

Versatile typeface for code, from code.
http://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka
SIL Open Font License 1.1
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Old style (`onum`) digit shapes. #2508

Open sh1boot opened 1 month ago

sh1boot commented 1 month ago

IMHO the digit shapes available now don't look right as old-style digits.

I think the 3 and 5 shouldn't curl back up at the bottom (9 has this option already, but 3 and 5 might have to be subtler).

And I think the diagonal stroke of the 4 typically extends above the x-height, but stays open at the top so the vertical bar starts at or below x-height. I usually think of the 4 diagonal being curved, just like the 7 can curve, but I don't know if that's intrinsic to the digit or just the typeface I'm used to.

I'll post this now and circle back with images of other fonts. I'm on my phone right now.

be5invis commented 1 month ago

Could you provide some sample images?

sh1boot commented 1 month ago

example 1 example 1 example 1 example 1

I had to dig around for a while to find that last example with the open 4 that rises above the x-height, so maybe that's not as normal for "old style" as I thought. I still prefer it, because I feel like the closed triangle that stays under x-height looks unnaturally small, to me.